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Carnival of Fonni (Urthos and Buttudos)
Carnevale di Fonni (s’Urthu e sos Buttudos)
Fonni, Italy
Jan 16 - Feb 9, 2027ExpectedSource
Each Carnival, the Sardinian mountain town of Fonni fills with its dark, ancient masks. The beast-like s'Urthu, draped in sheepskins with a soot-blackened face and a great clanging cowbell, is led through the streets by the handlers known as sos Buttudos, in a primal celebration deep in the heart of Barbagia.
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Fonni, Sardinia, Italy
Fonni, Italy
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Carnival of Fonni (Urthos and Buttudos)
Carnevale di Fonni (s’Urthu e sos Buttudos)
Fonni, Italy
Each Carnival, the Sardinian mountain town of Fonni fills with its dark, ancient masks. The beast-like s'Urthu, draped in sheepskins with a soot-blackened face and a great clanging cowbell, is led through the streets by the handlers known as sos Buttudos, in a primal celebration deep in the heart of Barbagia.
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About Carnival of Fonni (Urthos and Buttudos)
Carnevale di Fonni is the traditional Carnival of Fonni in Barbagia (Sardinia), centered on the dark, zoomorphic masks s’Urthu (animal-like, covered in sheepskins or goatskins with soot-blackened face, chains and a large cowbell) and sos Buttudos (herders/handlers wearing orbace coats and carrying shoulder bells). The ritual features pursuit, restraint and inversion: s’Urthu lunges at people and climbs balconies and trees while sos Buttudos control him wi...
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Carnevale di Fonni is the traditional Carnival of Fonni in Barbagia (Sardinia), centered on the dark, zoomorphic masks s’Urthu (animal-like, covered in sheepskins or goatskins with soot-blackened face, chains and a large cowbell) and sos Buttudos (herders/handlers wearing orbace coats and carrying shoulder bells). The ritual features pursuit, restraint and inversion: s’Urthu lunges at people and climbs balconies and trees whi...
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