MAMUTHONES IN MAMOIADA
If you want a carnival that is like no other
Go to Mamoiada,
you will see a herd of wooden masks
a herd of dumb people and prisoners
old people defeated, young people who win
a sad carnival, a carnival of ashes
an everyday history, happiness mixed with bile and vinigar
bitter honey
Salvatore Cambosu
- THE MASKS
black sheep skins, heavy cowbells, black wooden masks, strict, terrible. - THE SCENE
a slow, rythmical gait. The noisy bedlam announces their arrival - ORIGINS AND MEANINGS
defeated enemies, ox-men, Dyonisiac cults, ancient fertility rites - POINTS OF INTEREST
similar masks in the Mediterranean area - PHOTOS
text by Salvatore Corrias
photos by Antonio Dessì
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