Filippo Martinez, Majorale of the Infinite Knight Guild, accompanies his Componidori on the nights before the Sartiglia, who, astride a white horse, blesses the city along Via Duomo and the world along the Torregrande shoreline . During the day, he brandishes his foil to respond to the mayor of Sedilo, Salvatore Pes, who deemed it disrespectful to pair the Ardia with various carnival events, "especially the Sartiglia."

"The Ardia," Martinez acknowledges, "is unique in the Sardinian landscape. We are extremely respectful and consider it a source of great beauty and religious emotion, of which we can only be proud. And it's true: the Ardia is different from all other events. Unlike the Sartiglia. In fact, it's common to encounter Componidori everywhere, wearing hieratic masks, top hats, and bridal veils, reclining on their horses, galloping breathlessly past the cathedrals, blessing humanity with Sa pippia 'e maju, a scepter of violets and violets."

Furthermore, Martinez reiterates Pes's point: "The Ardia belongs to the cultural heritage of all of Sardinia, while the Sartiglia can at best aspire to be the cultural heritage of Oristano, Silì, and Massama . Even though, inexplicably, it has been repeated for hundreds of years; even during the Black Death of 1655, or in 2020, when, due to Covid, the Componidori was forced to limit itself to a single blessing given in the dead of night."

Filippo Martinez sings the Ardia to glorify the Sartiglia: "It is sacrosanct that the Ardia is an indisputable act of true faith, albeit one directed at a saint who has never been beatified or canonized by the Roman Catholic Church, but only venerated by the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is a rite whose form and substance cannot be altered. On the contrary, we must admit that the Sartiglia is an act of false faith, instrumentally inspired by minor saints like John and Joseph, which unfolds many carnival events such as Candlemas, during which, in church, amid prayers and litanies, the candle is blessed that will be handed over by the president of the Guild—s'Oberaju—to the Componidori; or the ceremonial investiture that takes place before a large, naively moved crowd. These are moments that, as is evident, have nothing to do with the population's perception of the sacred."