Discovering Sardinia is discovering a world connected to an ancient culture, kept alive also by the feast and festivals which visitors can enjoy all year round.
Festivals connected to religion such as Il Lunissanti in Castelsardo, village which was built as if it is climbing around a rock on the sea, S'Ardia in Sedilo, race of devotion for this village saint-patron, the Discesa dei Candelieri in Sassari where enormous candles are carried by thetown unions of craftsmen, which mix with the more leisurely carnival celebrations such as La Sartiglia
in Oristano, S'Attidu in Bosa or the parades of the Mammuthones in Mamoiada, the Merdules in Ottana and the Thurpos in
Orotelli, all Sardinian Traditional masks of central-Sardinia.
Going through the endless festivals it is possible to meet a Sardinia in its roots, where music and traditional dance have the flavour of the antiquity, easy to taste during gastro-enologic festivals (many of which also dedicated to fish dishes) or at craft fairs such as the fair of Carpets in Mogoro or S'arresojas (traditional Sardinian
knives), in Montevecchio.
