Mamoiada Festivals Autunno in Barbagia

Mamoiada is one of the most famous villages in Barbagia because of its spectacular Carnival, animated by the Mamuthones and Issohadores masks( January ). The Mamuthones walk through a solemn parade, similar to a religious procession, at times also similar to a dancing one. They are twelve, as the months of the year, dressed with ovine hide and their face covered by "sa bisera" (the pear-wood mask), and walk in two parallel rows at a rhythmic pace, causing the heavy cow bells they carry on their shoulders to resound. The Issohadores, next to them, jumping and moving with more agility, give the rhythm and with sudden jumps throw the lace ("sa soha") upon the watching crowd. For more details of this festival click here >>



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Mamoiada is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro, located about 110 km north of Cagliari and about 12 km southwest of Nuoro. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,582 and an area of 49.0 km².[1


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