With the same charm as ever, the colorful celebration of Sant'Isidoro took place this morning which, as usual, represents the first official display of the Ardia flags on horseback . Among the 100 knights and riders who participated in the solemn procession, there were also the first flag Mario Meloni, with the second Michele Carboni and the third Costantino Atzas at his side. A trio of great experience, linked by a sense of strong friendship that has seen them together participate at the top of the race already in the 2015 and 2016 editions . Also present were escorts Gianbattista Carboni, Giuseppe Carboni and Fabrizio Delogu respectively.
All the knights, with the flag of the day Giovanni Pes at their head, preceded the simulacrum of the saint hoisted in the cart pulled by the yoke of oxen . At the head of the procession was the parish priest Don Maurizio Demartis, together with his predecessor Don Battistino Mongili, who, as a good Sestal native, did not want to miss one of the most important celebrations of the community.
An appointment that, less than two months after the Ardia, is a sort of countdown to the feast of San Costantino . Now the same knights will take part in the processions of Corpus Domini and of the patron saint San Giovanni Battista .
Also present in Piazza Parrocchia was the mayor Salvatore Pes . «In the town you can already feel the atmosphere of Ardia - he states - and the preparations are proceeding quickly. We await the event all year and the hope I can make right now is that everything goes well for the race leaders, riders, organization and public."
