{"id":29237,"date":"2023-07-07T14:24:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T12:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idese.cultura.gov.it\/place\/carnival-of-orotelli\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T12:51:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T10:51:45","slug":"carnival-of-orotelli","status":"publish","type":"place","link":"https:\/\/idese.cultura.gov.it\/en\/place\/carnival-of-orotelli\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival of Orotelli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Orotelli is a small town with just two thousand inhabitants located in<strong> Barbagia di Ollolai<\/strong>, at the foot of the <strong>Marghine mountain chain<\/strong>, a land rich in granite rock which is the material used to build the town\u2019s traditional houses. As with other centres in Sardinia, Orotelli is a town with a wealth of traditions handed down over the centuries, the main one being the carnival.<\/p>\n<p>The events during the carnival of Orotelli recall the <strong>world of agriculture and sheep rearing<\/strong>, by bizarrely turning the relationship between animal and master on its head. The <strong>propitiatory rituals for rain<\/strong>, the<strong> fertility of the land<\/strong> and an <strong>abundant harvest<\/strong>, represent the relationship between humans and nature, in some cases peaceful, in others conflicting.<\/p>\n<p>According to tradition, <strong>the carnival allowed poor labourers from the town to make fun of their landowners without suffering the consequences;<\/strong> it was a way of getting revenge for the wrongs they had suffered during the year, <strong>reversing the roles <\/strong>within society. There are definitely traces here of the ancient <strong>celebrations in honour of Dionysus. <\/strong>The so-called \u201cGrandi Dionisie\u201d dedicated to the god of wine, intoxication and vegetation was held in ancient Greece at the end of March.<\/p>\n<p>Typical masks include the <strong>\u201cThurpos\u201d (the blind)<\/strong>, who wore boots and leather shafts (\u201csos gambales\u201d) and a rough woollen fabric coat (a typically Sardinian fabric produced with coarse wool and with irregularities in the yarn). Known as \u201csu gabbunu\u201d, the coat is black with a hood covering the eyes. They have a <strong>bandolier of cow bells<\/strong> round their neck, used to fend off evil spirits. Their<strong> face is covered with soot<\/strong>, obtained from burn cork, this too used to fend off bad luck.<\/p>\n<p>The Thurpos <strong>move around in groups of three<\/strong>, miming scenes from farming life. One of these scenes shows <strong>\u201csu Thurpu Voinarzu\u201d (the peasant)<\/strong> who watches the <strong>\u201cThurpos Boes\u201d (oxen)<\/strong>, who transport the heavy plough, with cords tied around their waist, and are urged to work by the peasant, who has a whip to keep control of the animals.<\/p>\n<p>Another scene is the \u201csu <strong>Thurpu Vrailarzu\u201d (the blacksmith)<\/strong> who shoes the Thurpos Boes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Then there is the <strong>Thurpu sower<\/strong> who throws the <strong>grain into the crowd<\/strong>, and the <strong>Thurpu who lights the fire<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As well as the Thurpos there are also the <strong>\u201cSos Erithaios\u201d (hedgehogs),<\/strong> who wear a <strong>white robe and a necklace of hedgehog spines<\/strong>; during the festival, they enjoy hugging women to prick them with their spines; this custom also refers to the ancient rituals for ensuring prosperity and fertility.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On Sunday and Monday<\/strong> of the carnival, the <strong>\u201csa prenda\u201d takes place: the Thurpos throw themselves into the crowd and capture some people with cords<\/strong> without a mask and who, in order to be freed, need to offer them something to drink.<strong> On Tuesday,<\/strong> the roles are reversed because it is the<strong> Thurpos who offer drinks to the spectators<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2421,"template":"","tipologia":[995],"categoria":[1026],"tematica":[1032],"class_list":["post-29237","place","type-place","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tipologia-carnevale-en","categoria-ethnoanthropological-asset","tematica-traditions-and-history-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Carnival of Orotelli - Idese<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/idese.cultura.gov.it\/en\/place\/carnival-of-orotelli\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Carnival of Orotelli - Idese\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Orotelli is a small town with just two thousand inhabitants located in Barbagia di Ollolai, at the foot of the Marghine mountain chain, a land rich in granite rock which is the material used to build the town\u2019s traditional houses. 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