Sardinia: Mamoiada, Sant'Antonio Abate 2012

Mamoiada, Italy - 17.01.2012. Celebration of fuochi di Sant'Antonio Abate (St. Anthony Abate's Fires). Men clad in Issohadores and mamuthones outfit dance with other revellers in Mamoiada village near Nuoro, Sardinia Island in Italy. The Carnival of Mamoiada is among the oldest folkloric manifestation in Sardinia. Everyone's attention is focused on the parade of the Mamuthones and Issohadores, Sardinia's most renowned masks.

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Mamoiada, Italy - 17.01.2012. Celebration of fuochi di Sant'Antonio Abate (St. Anthony Abate's Fires). Men clad in Issohadores and mamuthones outfit dance with other revellers in Mamoiada village near Nuoro, Sardinia Island in Italy. The Carnival of Mamoiada is among the oldest folkloric manifestation in Sardinia. Everyone's attention is focused on the parade of the Mamuthones and Issohadores, Sardinia's most renowned masks.

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