The Mamuthones, from whom this Italian band takes their name, are most often seen in the ancient village of Mamoiada during their annual January carnival. They drape themselves in black sheep leather, ...

From mid-January until the end of carnival, mamuthones and issohadores take to the streets of Mamoiada, in the mountainous heartland of Sardinia. This is a time when herders and farmers across the ...

To Mamuthones’ chief-in-command, Alessio Gastaldello, the world is a frightening place. The Italian dance-punks’ latest album, Fear On The Corner, released recently on Rocket Recordings, is a chaotic ...

A mysterious, ancient tradition takes place each year in Mamoiada, a small village tucked into the middle of wild and mountainous Sardinia. On the day of Saint Anthony, the saint protector of animals ...

Since ancient times, a town on the Italian isle has marked the season with a grim costumed festival Loaded with leather and sheepskins, Salvatore Gungui tightens his headscarf. Although only men dress ...

There will be space for the popular traditions of Sardinia at the Expo, inaugurated on April 13, and which will continue until October 13 in Osaka, Japan, which has already hosted this event in 1970.

No one dares to speak as smoke from a massive bonfire billows and twirls into a thick haze in the remote mountain town of Mamoiada. Flaming logs crack open, echoing through central Sardinia’s rugged ...