{"id":71480,"date":"2022-04-23T09:48:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T09:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/carnival-in-sardiniaottanathe-masks\/"},"modified":"2022-04-23T09:48:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T09:48:04","slug":"carnival-in-sardiniaottanathe-masks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/an-island-a-continent\/carnival-in-sardiniaottanathe-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"CARNIVAL IN SARDINIA>OTTANA>THE MASKS "},"content":{"rendered":"

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THE MASKS <\/p>\n

The costume of Merdules represents a rough, humpbacked and uncouth cattleman wearing sheep pelts. His face is hidden by a grotesque anthropomorphous mask which is called sa carazza. It is almost always made of wild pear-tree and sometimes is adorned with carvings and colored flourishing engraved on its surface.. <\/p>\n

Boes also wear sheep pelts with a belt adorned with heavy cowbells across their chests. Their faces are hidden by masks called sa carazza ‘e boe which are designed to look like an ox. <\/p>\n

Besides these costumes which are the main characters of the carnival in Ottana, there are other zoomorphic and anthropomorphous figures: from su porcu (pig) to donkeys, from deer to sa filonzana which represents a spinner who is always bent over at right angle to the road. She wears a black shawl and a is dressed in female clothes except surprisingly for the real leather leggings which are typically worn by male shepherds. <\/p>\n

There are also sas mascaras serias which are eccentric dancing figures covered in rags, shirts, sheets and also carpets.
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