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Month: APRIL
Date: 30 APRIL
Locality: Cuglieri
Duration: 2 DAYS
Name : SANT'IBENIA
Province: OR
- the religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
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Month: May
Date: 01 May
Province: Cagliari
Locality: Cagliari
Duration: 1 day
Name : Sant'Efisio
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Cavalier parade
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two -or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
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Month: May
Date: 10 May
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Loceri
Duration: 3 days
Name : San Bachisio
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Free distribution of wine, sweets, pancakes or other special foods
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Cavalier parade
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and othere sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends with other representations in the village)
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Month: May
Date: 14 May
Province: Oristano
Locality: S. Giusta
Duration: 4 days
Name : Santa Giusta
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Fireworks
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two
- or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen with wreathed
yokes of oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and othere sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competition
- Naval competitions and spectacles (parades and competitions between boats)
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Month: May
Date: 15 May
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Genoni
Duration: 2 days
Name : Sant'Isidoro
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Cavalier parade
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
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Month: May
Date: 31 May
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Dorgali
Duration: 1 day
Name : Fishing Sagra
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Free distribution of wine, sweets, pancakes or other special foods
- Exhibition of local handicrafts
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
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Month: May
Date: II Sunday
Province: Cagliari
Locality: Sinnai
Duration: 4 days
Name : Sant'Isidoro
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Fireworks
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two -or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
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Month: May
Date: The last Sunday but one
Province: Sassari
Locality: Sassari
Duration: First days
Name : La Cavalcata Sarda
- Procession in traditional costumes and horsemen
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Equestrian Competitions
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Month: May
Date: The last Sunday
Province: Cagliari
Locality: Guspini
Duration: 3 days
Name : San Giorgio
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Fireworks
- Parade of horsemen
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
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Month: May
Date: The last Sunday
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Orosei
Duration: 2 days
Name : Our Lady of the Sea
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Procession to the sea
- Free distribution of wine, sweets, pancakes or other special food
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Month: June
Date: 02 June
Province: Oristano
Locality: Santulussurgiu
Duration: 2 days
Name : Fair of horse
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
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Month: June
Date: 13 June
Province: Cagliari
Locality: Arbus
Duration: 2 days
Name : Sant'Antonio da Padova
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Fireworks
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
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Month: June
Date: 14 June
Province: Sassari
Locality: Sennori
Duration: 2 days
Name : San Basilio
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Parade of horsemen
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
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Month: June
Date: 15 June
Province: Cagliari
Locality: San Vito
Duration: 2 days
Name : San Vito
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Fireworks
- Parade of horsemen
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
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Month: June
Date: 29 June
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Bosa
Duration: 3 days
Name : San Pietro
- Religious procession
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Exhibitions of local handicrafts
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and othere sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
- Procession on the sea (or on the river)
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Month: June
Date: 29 June
Province: Oristano
Locality: Baratili San Pietro
Duration: 3 days
Name : San Pietro
- Religious procession
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Fireworks
- Parade of horsemen
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
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Month: July
Date: 02 July
Province: Oristano
Locality: Seneghe
Duration: 3 days
Name : Santa Maria della Rosa
- Religious procession
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Parade of horsemen
- Big bonfires which are lit the evening before the feast in the villages or squares
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
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Month: July
Date: 06 July
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Sedilo
Duration: 2 days
Name : S'Ardia
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Traditional equestrian competitions (ardie, pairs, "sa pudda" race)
This is a famous rural festival which takes place within the large fence of "cumbessias" and "lollas" which encloses the Sanctuary of Santu Antine in Sedilo.
Ardia is one of the most ancient and evocative festivals in Sardinia. This is dedicated to Costantino, the Roman Emperor who was called Santu Antine but never canonised, and it celebrates his victory against Massenzio at Milvio bridge.
On the 6th and 7th July this feast reaches its climax with a spectacular and frantic horse-race called "S'Ardia". Along its particularly uneven route, there are horsemen from all over the Island dressed in their local traditional costumes.
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Month: July
Date: 17 July
Province: Cagliari
Locality: Villanovaforru
Duration: 3 days
Name : Santa Marina
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Dance in the central square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Fireworks
- Parade of horsemen
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
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Month: July
Date: 19 July
Province: Oristano
Locality: Simaxis
Duration: 2 days
Name : Santo Simmaco
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the central square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Fireworks
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
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Month: July
Date: 22 July
Province: Oristano
Locality: Paulilatino
Duration: 4 days
Name : Santa Maria Maddalena
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the central square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Exhibitions of local handicraft
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Traditional equestrian competitions (ardie, pairs, "sa pudda" race)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
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Month: July
Date: 22 July
Province: Sassari
Locality: La Maddalena
Duration: 3 days
Name : Santa Maria Maddalena
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Free distribution of wine, sweets, pancakes or other special foods
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competition
- Naval competitions and spectacles (parades and competitions between boats)
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Month: July
Date: 25 July
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Orosei
Duration: 3 days
Name : San Giacomo
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the central square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Fireworks
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
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Month: July
Date: 26 July
Province: Cagliari
Locality: Sant'Anna Arresi
Duration: 3 days
Name : Sant' Anna
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the central square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Fireworks
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
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Month: July
Date: The second Monday
Province: Oristano
Locality: Ghilarza
Duration: 3 days
Name : San Palmerio
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the central square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Parade of horsemen
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and othere sacred songs in the Sardinian language
- Traditional equestrian competitions (ardie, pairs, "sa pudda" race)
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Month: July
Date: The third Monday
Province: Cagliari
Locality: Quartu S. Elena
Duration: 3 days
Name : San Giovanni Battista
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the central square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Fireworks
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
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Month: July
Date: The last Monday
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Gavoi
Duration: 3 days
Name : Madonna d'Itria
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Free distribution of wine, sweets, pancakes or other special foods
- Dance in the central square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Parade of horsemen
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
- Traditional equestrian competitions (ardie, pairs, "sa pudda" race)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competition
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Month: August
Date: 14 August
Province: Sassari
Locality: Nulvi
Duration: 3 days
Name : Assunta
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Procession with vowed huge church candles (which are called "candelieri")
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
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Month: August
Date: 14 August
Province: Sassari
Locality: Sassari
Duration: 2 days
Name : The "Candelieri"
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Procession with vowed huge church candles (which are called "candelieri")
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
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Month: August
Date: 15 August
Province: Cagliari
Locality: Domusnovas
Duration: 8 days
Name : Assunta
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the central square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Fireworks
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
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Month: August
Date: 15 August
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Orgosolo
Duration: 7 days
Name : Assunta
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the central square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Parade of horsemen
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Traditional equestrian competitions (ardie, pairs, "sa pudda" race)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
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Month: August
Date: 15 August
Province: Oristano
Locality: Oristano
Duration: 3 days
Name : Assunta
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and othere sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
- Procession to the sea
- Naval competitions and spectacles (parades and competitions between boats)
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Month: August
Date: 21 August
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Oliena
Duration: 7 days
Name : San Lussorio
- Religious procession
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Fireworks
- Parade of horsemen
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
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Month: August
Date: 21 August
Province: Oristano
Locality: Santulussurgiu
Duration: 4 days
Name : San Lussorio
- Religious procession
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Parade of horsemen
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Traditional equestrian competitions (ardie, pairs, "sa pudda" race)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
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Month: August
Date: 21 August
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Belvì
Duration: 3 days
Name : Sant'Agostino
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
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Month: August
Date: 28 August
Province: Oristano
Locality: Abbasanta
Duration: 10 days
Name : Sant'Agostino
- Religious procession
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Free distribution of wine, sweets, pancakes or other special foods
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Fireworks
- Parade of horsemen
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
- Traditional equestrian competitions (ardie, pairs, "sa pudda" race)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
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Month: August
Date: 29 August
Province: Sassari
Locality: Pattada
Duration: 4 days
Name : Santa Sabina
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Parade of horsemen
- Exhibition of local handicrafts
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
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Month: August
Date: First Sunday
Province: Cagliari
Locality: Santadi
Duration: 1 day
Name : Matrimonio Mauritano
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
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Month: August
Date: First Sunday
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Fonni
Duration: 3 days
Name : Palio di Fonni
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Parade of horsemen
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
- Traditional equestrian competitions (ardie, pairs, "sa pudda" race)
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Month: August
Date: First Monday
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Orune
Duration: 5 days
Name : Su Consolu
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Free distribution of wine, sweets, pancakes or other special foods
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Parade of horsemen
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
- Traditional equestrian competitions (ardie, pairs, "sa pudda" race)
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Month: August
Date: The third Sunday
Province: Cagliari
Locality: Uta
Duration: 3 days
Name : Santa Lucia
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Fireworks
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
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Month: August
Date: The last Sunday but one
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Nuoro
Duration: 2 days
Name : Santissimo Redentore
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
^^
Month: September
Date: 08 September
Province: Sassari
Locality: StintinoUta
Duration: 7 days
Name : Madonna della Difesa
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Fireworks
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competition
- Procession to the sea (or to the river)
- Naval competitions and spectacles (parades and competitions between boats)
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Month: September
Date: 11 September
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Serri
Duration: 2 days
Name : Santa Vittoria
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
^^
Month: September
Date: 14 September
Province: Cagliari
Locality: Quartu S. Elena
Duration: 6 days
Name : Sant' Elena
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
- Free distribution of wine, sweets, pancakes or other special foods
- Fireworks
At the same time there is the Sagra of the grape which is a festival for the grape harvest and in honour of the Saints that in this period takes place in Quartu and in many other Sardinian villages.
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Month: September
Date: 22 September
Province: Cagliari
Locality: Calasetta
Duration: 3 days
Name : San Maurizio
- Religious procession
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Fireworks
- Parade of horsemen
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competition
- Naval competitions and spectacles (parades and competitions between boats)
^^
Month: September
Date: 23 September
Province: Sassari
Locality: Buddusò
Duration: 5 days
Name : Sant' Anastasia
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
- Naval competitions and spectacles (parades and competitions between boats)
^^
Month: September
Date: 27 September
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Lanusei
Duration: 3 days
Name : Santi Cosima and Damiano
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
^^
Month: September
Date: 29 September
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Bitti
Duration: 4 days
Name : Madonna del Miracolo
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Traditional equestrian competitions (ardie, pairs, "sa pudda" race)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
^^
Month: September
Date: First Sunday
Province: Oristano
Locality: Cabras
Duration: 2 days
Name : San Salvatore
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Fireworks
- Novena
Nine days before this festival many people from Cabras go to the "cumbessias" that surrounds the ancient church of S. Salvatore.
The day before the festival a long procession accompanies the statue of S. Salvatore to the Sanctuary.
The day of the Festival, following a very evocative rite, hundreds of shoeless young people dressed in white run for 12 km to bring the statue back to the village. This rite evokes the saving of this statue which happened in the sixteenth century during a Barbary invasion.
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Month: September
Date: First Sunday
Province: Sassari
Locality: Palau
Duration: 7 days
Name : Our Lady of Grace
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Fireworks
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
- Procession to the sea
- Naval competitions and spectacles (parades and competitions between boats)
^^
Month: September
Date: The Second Sunday
Province: Oristano
Locality: Mogoro
Duration: 3 days
Name : Madonna di Cracaxia
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Fireworks
- Parade of horsemen
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
^^
Month: September
Date: The Third Monday
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Silanus
Duration: 9 days
Name : Santa Sabina
- Religious procession
- Free distribution of wine, sweets, pancakes or other special foods
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
^^
Month: September
Date: The last Monday but one
Province: Cagliari
Locality: Sardara
Duration: 4 days
Name : Santa Maria de is Aquas
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Fireworks
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
^^
Month: September
Date: The last Sunday
Province: Cagliari
Locality: Decimomannu
Duration: 5 days
Name : Santa Greca
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Fireworks
- Parade of horsemen
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
^^
Month: September
Date: The last Sunday
Province: Sassari
Locality: Ozieri
Duration: 3 days
Name : Madonna del Rimedio
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Fireworks
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
^^
Month: October
Date: 04 October
Province: Sassari
Locality: Bonorva
Duration: 2 days
Name : Santa Barbara
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Fireworks
- Parade of horsemen
- Big bonfires which are lit the evening before the feast in the villages or squares
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
^^
Month: October
Date: 15 October
Province: Oristano
Locality: Morgongiori
Duration: 3 days
Name : Santa Sofia
- Religious procession
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Parade of "traccas" (decorated carts which are hauled by oxen or by tractors which accompany the most solemn processions)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
^^
Month: October
Date: First Sunday
Province: Cagliari
Locality: Gesturi
Duration: 3 days
Name : Madonna del Rosario
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Parade of horsemen
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
^^
Month: October
Date: The second Sunday
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Siniscola
Duration: 4 days
Name : The Grace
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
^^
Month: October
Date: The last Sunday
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Aritzo
Duration: 2 days
Name : Sagra of the Chestnuts
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Free distribution of wine, sweets, pancakes or other special foods
- Fireworks
- Exhibition of local handicrafts
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Festival of agricultural products and cattle fair
^^
Month: November
Date: 11 November
Province: Cagliari
Locality: Sanluri
Duration: 2 days
Name : San Martino
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Big bonfires which are lit the evening before the feast in the villages or squares
- Exhibition of local handicrafts
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Festivals of agricultural products and cattle fair
Date: Carnival (Sunday and Tuesday)
Province: Oristano
Locality: Oristano
Duration: 2 days
Name : Sartiglia
- Carnival masks
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Equestrian Competitions
This is a horse race in which both young and old people, who have their faces covered by typical masks, ride richly adorned horses.
"Su componidori" is the master of this festival. After the ritual dressing, "Su Componidori" rides along the roads of the town followed by horsemen and people in traditional costumes.
During this festival the horsemen must show their riding skills. There is "the race to the star" (if the horsemen manages to pierce the centre of the star with his sword there will be abundant crops) and the pair race" which is a spectacular and dangerous competition.
Date: Carnival (Sunday and Tuesday)
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Mamoiada
Duration: 2 days
Name : Carnival
- Carnival masks
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Free distribution of wine, sweets, pancakes or other special foods
Between Sunday and Shrove Tuesday a there are parades of people wearing characteristic and charming masks from Nuoro called "mammuthones" and "issokadores".
Date: Carnival (Thursday, Sunday and
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Ottana
Duration: 3 days
Name : Carnival
- Carnival masks
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Free distribution of wine, sweets, pancakes or other special foods
Between Thursday before Lent and Shrove Tuesday people wearing the traditional masks called "boes" which look like oxen and the so called "merdules" which are wooden masks covered in pig skin, pass through the village.
Date: Carnival (Thursday, Sunday and
Province: Sassari
Locality: Tempio Pausania
Duration: 3 days
Name : Carnival
- Carnival masks
- Procession of Carnival floats
- Trial and bonfire of the Carnival puppet
- Free distribution of wine, sweets, pancakes or other special foods
The Carnival from Tempio is one of the most famous Carnivals in Sardinia. It has a strong satiric and buffoonish tone with its Carnival floats and masked groups. It starts on the Thursday before Lent and ends on Shrove Tuesday of the following week. On the Thursday before Lent King Giorgio who is the main character of the Carnival from Tempio, is introduced to the people. The following Sunday, after the marriage between King Giorgio and Mennena, fritters are cooked in the central square.
On Shrove Tuesday the Carnival ends. King Giorgio is sentenced and burnt.
Date: Easter time
Province: Sassari
Locality: Alghero
Duration: 1 days
Name : S'Iscravamentu
- Iscravamentu
- Religious procession
The crucifixion of Christ represents one of the most particular ceremonies of the Holy Week in Alghero.
Date: Easter time
Province: Sassari
Locality: Castelsardo
Duration: 1 days
Name : Lunissanti
- Mysteries
- Religious procession
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
The evening torch-light procession and the songs by the Confraternity, which have not changed in over 7 centuries are very charming and evocative.
Date: Easter Day
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Oliena
Duration: 1 days
Name : S'Incontru
- Incontru (which means meeting in the Sardinian language)
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Free distribution of wine, sweets, pancakes or other special foods
This is the most famous ceremony of "s'incontru" on the Island on Easter Sunday
Date: First Sunday after Easter
Province: Sassari
Locality: Oschiri
Duration: 7 days
Name : Our Lady of Castro
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
Date: Second Sunday after Easter
Province: Cagliari
Locality: Sant'Antioco
Duration: 4 days
Name : Sant'Antioco
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Fireworks
- Parade of horsemen
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
- Naval competitions and spectacles (parades and competitions between boats)
Date: Second Sunday after Easter
Province: Oristano
Locality: Palmas Arborea
Duration: 2 days
Name : Sant'Antioco
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
Date: Monday after Easter
Province: Nuoro
Locality: Tonara
Duration: 3 days
Name : Festival of almond nougat
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Free distribution of wine, sweets, pancakes or other special foods
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
Date: Whit Sunday
Province: Sassari
Locality: Porto Torres
Duration: 2 days
Name : Gavino Proto and Gianuaro Saints
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Free distribution of wine, sweets, pancakes or other special foods
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competition
- Procession to the sea
- Naval competitions and spectacles (parades and competitions between boats)
Date: The Sunday after Whit Sunday
Province: Sassari
Locality: Codrongianos
Duration: 2 days
Name : Santissima Trinità of Saccargia
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Poetry competition in the Sardinian language using the typical verses of the Island tradition. Two or more singers improvise verses about topics which they are told only at the beginning of the competition
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Rural festival (sometimes it starts in the countryside and ends in the village)
- Games, traditional challenges and sporting competitions
Date: The Tuesday after Whit Sunday
Province: Cagliari
Locality: Portoscuso
Duration: 3 days
Name : Madonna d'Itria
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Fireworks
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Procession to the sea
- Naval competitions and spectacles (parades and competitions between boats)
Date: The Tuesday after Whit Sunday
Province: Oristano
Locality: Paulilatino
Duration: 3 days
Name : Madonna d'Itria
- Religious procession
- Procession in traditional costumes
- Folk spectacles: dances in costume, tenor songs, songs accompanied by guitar, etc.
- Dance in the square accompanied by a band, an accordionist or a launeddas player
- Parade of horsemen
- Fireworks
- Sardinian traditional music (with accordions, barrel-organs, launeddas, etc)
- Gosos or goccius (sacred ancient songs from Spain dating from seventeenth century in honour of the saint they are dedicate to and other sacred songs in the Sardinian language)
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