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POINTS OF INTEREST

May be in ancient times s’urtzu was not the beast which had to be subdued and sacrificed. He was a strong and fearful pagan God. For this reason children used to run after him shouting: “S’Ocru mannu piludu/non timet a nissunu,/solo su Deus Mannu, S’ocru Mannu currudu”.