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