Folk Costumes of Sardinia

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The Fires of Sant' Antonio in the village of Ottana (province of Nuoro)

It's an ancient pagan ritual based on the cult of fire, spread in several sardinian villages, though this festival today is associated with the christian Saint Anthony.

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Costume of Lodè

Province Province of Nuoro (NU)
Area
• Total 120.9 km2 (46.7 sq mi)
Population (Dec. 2004)
• Total 2,110
• Density 17/km2 (45/sq mi)

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Costume of Fonni/Honne

Province Nuoro (NU)
Area
- Total 112.30 km2 (43.4 sq mi)
Elevation 1,000 m (3,281 ft)
Population
- Total 4,371
- Density 38.9/km2 (100.8/sq mi)

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I have just discovered that there are Sardinian folk groups also in Argentina (the extra european country where immigrated the highest number of sardinians ).

This is a folk group from Rosario, provincia de Santa Fe

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Province Olbia-Tempio (OT)
Area
- Total 376.10 km2 (145.2 sq mi)
Population (2010)
- Total 56,231
- Density 149.5/km2 (387.2/sq mi)

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Costume of Bonnanaro/Bunnànnaru

Province of Sassari (SS)
Area
• Total 21.8 km2 (8.4 sq mi)
Elevation 405 m (1,329 ft)
Population (Dec. 2004)
• Total 1,099
• Density 50/km2 (130/sq mi)

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Province Oristano (OR)
Area
- Total 102.1 km2 (39.4 sq mi)
Elevation 6 m (20 ft)
Population (31 October 2007[1])
- Total 9,004
- Density 88.2/km2 (228.4/sq mi)