Between innovation and tradition, once again this year the city of Oristano will accompany the Sartiglia with a series of collateral events that will frame the main event which, albeit in a reduced form, renews the centuries-old carnival tradition.
All the events scheduled from Thursday 24 February to 1 March, already approved by the Council, are carried out by the Department of Culture of the Municipality, the Oristano Foundation and the Pro Loco. "The Sartiglia, even in the reduced form decided unanimously by the Municipality, the Oristano Foundation, the Sa Sartiglia institution, by the Gremi and the Cavalieri, remains the most important moment of the 2022 carnival - explains the mayor and president of the Andrea Lutzu Foundation - Next to the key event However, we wanted to propose many other events that will animate the city. The health emergency has not yet been overcome and we trust in everyone's sense of responsibility to live these holidays with intelligence and prudence ".
"After the total blockade of 2021 - underlines the Councilor for Culture and Tourism Massimiliano Sanna - this year we are able to propose initiatives that must be lived in joy but with judgment, attention and in compliance with the anti Covid provisions. The program comes to the last moment and it is still conditioned by the pandemic, but we believe the conditions are in place to celebrate the carnival in safety. proposed a workshop on cane horses and at the Hospitalis Sancti Antoni an amarcord of Sartiglia with images and testimonies on the equestrian carousel of yesterday and today ".
"On Saturday - continues the commissioner - we will remember a person dear to us who spent so much for the Municipality and for Sartiglia: Lina Casu, who passed away a few years ago, and whose family wanted to donate to the Sartiglia Documentation Center the relics on the carousel collected over many years of passionate work. Also on Saturday at the Antiquarium Arborense will be inaugurated the exhibition 'The women, the cavalliers, the arms, the loves, from the Odyssey to the Orlando Furioso', archaeological and literary memories on mastery of riders engaged in acrobatic performances ".
Sunday and Tuesday space at the Sartiglia with the robes, the procession of knights, the blessing and the crossing of swords, but also the now traditional philatelic cancellation.
"The competitions combined with the carousel are also a corollary", concludes Sanna. “Emotions of Sartiglia this year is dedicated to drawing and poetry and Sartiglia Comics is added, dedicated to the representation of the carousel with comics. Finally, the maxi screens that from 26 February to 1 March, in Piazza Eleonora and Piazza Roma, will broadcast a rich program of images of the equestrian carousel, interviews, videos of the past and memories of Sartiglia ".
(Unioneonline / vl)
