Monday, January 24, 2011

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Il Carnevale di Olzai



Dalla domenica di carnevale fino al mercoledì delle Ceneri e la domenica della pentolaccia , le strade del paese vengono animate dalle tre maschere caratteristiche del carnevale olzaese: Sos Intintos , Sos Murronarzos and Sos maimones .

Carnival Olzai has the distinction of go beyond the traditional closing date of carnival: the celebration continues, in fact, until the following Sunday.






Like most of the carnivals Sardinian also Olzai carnival has its origins in the most ancient traditions agro-pastoral .

The its masks and its rituals passed down until today the atavistic struggle between man and nature productivity of the fields and for the survival of animals and their families.

rites of carnival revive the fears of the distant past and the anxieties of away evil, in particular the famine.


info: City of
Olzai, Corso Vittorio Emanuele 15, 55001 0784 Olzai

www.comune.olzai.nu.it

Pro Loco "Bisin"
Via Sant'Antonio, Olzai
346 3146374

Group Masks maimones, and Murronarzos Intintos "
P. Neppi 1, Olzai
tel. 0784 55065

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