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Gennarxu: January in Sardinia.

10 January 2025 by Roberta Carboni

Gennarxu and Gennargiu in southern Sardinia, Ennarzu and Bennarzu in the north: we are in the month of January, the first of twelve months and the month that opens all the nursery rhymes taught to children. January is a time of renewal and good intentions, but it also represents a child who is cold, sitting by the fire in one of the many nursery rhymes for toddlers, “Gennàrgiu, mort ”e frius est sètziu peis a fogu.” It is commonly thought that the name of January may originate from one of the oldest Roman deities, Giano ...

Christmas in Sardinia: between history, ritual and tradition.

4 December 2024 by Roberta Carboni

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Sardinia, when industry had not yet replaced agriculture and stockbreeding, Christmas was an important period of social cohesion, an occasion to restore the integrity of the family unit, often temporarily shattered by the ties of men's transhumance to the pastures or the countryside. Christmas in Sardinia is not ...

Su mesi de Cabudanni: when in Sardinia September was the first month of the year.

6 September 20245 September 2024 by Roberta Carboni

September is a month symbolising recovery, good intentions and new beginnings. In Sardinia, it is still called 'Cabudanni', despite the fact that much time has passed since September in our island signalled the beginning of the year. The name comes from 'Caput anni', which in the Greek calendar represented the first month of the year. Sardinia, controlled by Byzantium since ...

Holy Week in Cagliari and traditional processions

25 March 2024 by Roberta Carboni

The Holy Week processions in Cagliari - sa Chida Santa, in the Sardinian language - are many and start on Passion Friday and end on Easter Monday. The rituals of Holy Week date back to the 17th century, when Sardinia was under Spanish political hegemony, and thus preserve the authenticity of traditions with over four hundred years of history. ...

10 typical Sardinian dishes not to be missed

21 February 202421 February 2024 by Antonio Casu

Sardinian cuisine is rich in typical dishes that, with the passage of time, have become world-famous and sought-after, above all, for their unique and unmistakable taste. Here are some typical Sardinian dishes that you absolutely must not miss when you come on holiday to Sardinia: Culurgiones These are a kind of fresh pasta ravioli with a very special taste.

Sardinia and Carnival, between folklore and tradition

13 February 2024 by Roberta Carboni

Carnival is among the world's oldest ritual festivals. It is a mix of elements taken from the pagan agro-pastoral world and from elements linked to the Christian religion that blend together with popular culture and tradition, combining superstition, magic, esotericism ending in the most brutal transgression. Carnival was born in order to overturn the customs, values and norms of everyday life, preceding Lent, in which ...

The cult of the dead in Sardinia: rites of passage and lost funeral practices

3 November 2023 by Roberta Carboni

The cult of the dead constitutes the oldest ritual celebration in the world. In Sardinia, an ancestral and mysterious land where ritual has always governed the various stages of life, death has always played a fundamental role in the social life of every community, from the most remote times. Seen as a continuation of life in ...

Cabras

24 October 2023 by Antonio Casu

On the left bank of the homonymous pond, also called Mari Pontis, Cabras rises a few kilometres from Oristano, with which it borders to the east, while to the west it faces the sea and with its thirty kilometres of coastline includes the Sinis peninsula and the two uninhabited islets of Catalano and Mal di Ventre. Attested ...

The Sardinian artisan knife: history, tradition and the art of knife-making in Sardinia

14 October 202524 May 2023 by Antonio Casu

La coltelleria italiana: radici e tradizioni. In Italia la produzione di coltelli era già diffusa in ogni regione, sin dal XIII secolo. Con il passar del tempo ciascuna regione ha conservato una sua precisa identità nella lavorazione dei coltelli, così come le diverse tipologie che sono nate in relazione alle necessità locali e alle caratteristiche …

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