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- Oristano: Its Musuem & Festivals
- Bauladu—Country Living in Sardinia
- Tharros: from Phoenicia to Carthage & onto Rome
- Tharros: Nuraghic Foundation
| Oristano: Its Musuem & Festivals Posted: 09 Sep 2009 10:58 PM PDT  My main purpose of visiting Oristano was to see the artifacts that were taken from the Phoenician colony of Tharros, which are housed in the local museum called the Museo Comunale Antiquarium Arborense di Oristano.Oristano, or Aristanis in Sardinian, is a small town of about 33,000 inhabitants whose livelihood is based on fishing, farming, and tourists. The city rose to power in the first centuries of the Saracen attacks, going on to wage war against other Sardinians as it vied for insular power. One of the most famous events held in Oristano is the 500-year-old equestrian tournament called Sa Sartiglia, which is performed on Carnival Sunday and Fat Tuesday. The event concludes with la Pariglia, a time of equestrian acrobatics.  Notice that in both pictures the men are wearing masks, a ritualistic custom that dates back thousands of years to Sardinia's ancient past. For more information, check out Sardinia's museum of masks: Museo delle Maschere Mediterranee.Unfortunately I was unable to attend the festivities since it is now September, but I did enjoy walking about this Medieval town.           |
| Bauladu—Country Living in Sardinia Posted: 09 Sep 2009 10:36 PM PDT  On my way from Cagliari to Alghero, I stopped to see the Nuraghe Su Nuraxi near Barùmini and the Phoenician colony of Tharros, just outside Oristano, so I decided to lodge in the countryside.I choose a bed & breakfast run by a sheepherder and his wife who live in a small town called Bauladu, which lies in an area that is filled with ancient historical sites. As I was driving about the town, I ran into some young teenagers who were dressed in the traditional local dress! After I asked them permission to take their picture, they explained to me that they are part of a folkloristic dance group called "Gruppo Folk Bauladu," which performs at special events and festivals. The boys are dressed in the typical dress of their village, which differs in many ways from other cities and towns throughout the island. Notice the spacious white shirt, normally made of linen or cotton and called ghentone, which often has an embroidered collar and buttonholes for gold jewels. Over the shirt is a vrassette, a type of vest, which can also be a double breasted jacket of corduroy with red borders and a red inner lining.  Pants, called cartzones, are made of white linen or cotton and, while wide at the top, were tucked into boots. Around the waste, they sport a leather belt—chintorja—whose embroideries displayed social class.Over the pants, they boys are wearing a short kilt-like black skirt known as the cartzones de vresi, which, gathered at the waste, is usually made of the coarse Sardinian wool called orbace (pronounced orbache in English). Not seen here is the floppy black cone-shape cap called sa berretta, which tops off the outfit. Sometimes a brown or black long-hair fur coat called sas peddas is worn over the jacket. Photos & slideshow Copyright Men's Fashion by Francesco.    |
| Tharros: from Phoenicia to Carthage & onto Rome Posted: 09 Sep 2009 10:30 AM PDT  Sometime around the year 730 BC, the Phoenicians settled the area also for the purpose of trade, founding the colony of Tharros, which in all probability meant 'island' in their language.In 500 BC, however, Tharros was conquered by the Carthaginians, descendants of the Phoenicians, who built the preponderant walls of the city and a Semitic temple to Tanit. The Romans conquered Tharros in 238 BC and urbanized the colony with hot and cold thermal baths, a small gladiator arena, aqueducts, roads, and a sewerage system. The two picturesque columns are the remains of four, bearing testimony to the temple of Jove where animal sacrifices were offered. Finally, Tharros suffered over a hundred years of raids by the Vandals, from 450-533 AD, ultimately inviting the aide of Byzantium, whose reign over the city lasted from 533-900 AD. By 1070, the city was completely abandoned, most likely due to the incursions of Barbary pirates. Lower Tharros: Phoenician, Punic & Roman Remains (Turn off the playlist below before clicking to start.) Photos, slideshow & videos Copyright Men's Fashion by Francesco.    |
| Posted: 09 Sep 2009 10:44 AM PDT  The ancient colony of Tharros was one of the principal attractions that drew me to Sardinia.Like other ancient colonies in Sardinia, not just one people settled the area but rather successive civilizations built upon the foundations of the previous ones. The first settlers of what is called the Sinis promontory, near present-day Oristano, were the Nuraghic people, who lived in circular, cone-shaped buildings of stone with thatched roofs and engaged in trade with the Greeks. Have a look at their location on the hill (video) and, then, take a walk amidst the foundations of their ancient village (slideshow). To see how Nuraghic men's fashion rocked—literally—click here Nuraghic Village at Tharros (Turn off the playlist below before clicking to start.) Foundations of Nuraghic Structures Photos, slideshow & videos Copyright Men's Fashion by Francesco.    |
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