On Sunday 23^rd May I was invited by Matteo and Roberta to join them and the crowd at La Cavalcata Sarda in Sassari. A parade originated in 1899 full of the culture and heritage of the island and the settlements within it. There are displays of the heritage and folklore of the villages and amazingly beautifully coloured clothes embellished made from wool and linen with filigree jewellery and buttons characteristic of the island. The rich vibrant colours of the dresses are distinct to each village, the outfits are very expensive and are handed down from mother to daughter.

The Sardinian Carnival mask known as the Mamuthones Mamoiada has been used as a disguise both for ceremonial occasions and criminal acts. There is an acting out of the dominance of man over the’wild beasts’ and beautiful horses paraded in the streets, a couple galloping down potentially causing mayhem.

We sat under trees and I watched the crowd on the other side of the road. I knew I wasn’t in the UK and realised that no one was eating and drinking, there were no food vans down the side of the road and there’s very little obesity. After the parade we ate traditional food –bbqed eel and freshwater fish and spit roast young pig. We watched the horse racing and acrobatics at the racecourse and after visiting the museum we then saw the stage show –dancing, singing and playing the launeddas a triple piped woodwind instrument apparently played with a similar breathing to the bagpipes. Sardinian singing has one of the oldest forms of vocal polyphony, known as Canto a Tenores which have influenced  Frank Zappa and Peter Gabriel and echoed around the square.

An amazing day and a great experience – thank you.

In contrast, a couple of days cycling on the north west corner on my own – very quiet and beautiful scenery, I had wanted to cycle in Sardinia for a long time and it was great. Passing the historic Nurange site to the north of Alghero and on to the Capo Caccia with its caves in the limestone and amazing colonies of birds including peregrine falcons in large numbers I saw few people and even fewer places to buy water the bikes are cheap to hire –about €9 a day for a great sense of freedom.

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