No one dares to speak as smoke from a massive bonfire billows and twirls into a thick haze in the remote mountain town of Mamoiada. Flaming logs crack open, echoing through central Sardinia’s rugged ...

The Mamuthones, from whom this Italian band takes their name, are most often seen in the ancient village of Mamoiada during their annual January carnival. They drape themselves in black sheep leather, ...

The first time Salvatore Gungui transformed into a Mamuthone, he was 14 years old. He pulled on the traditional leather-soled ...

To Mamuthones’ chief-in-command, Alessio Gastaldello, the world is a frightening place. The Italian dance-punks’ latest album, Fear On The Corner, released recently on Rocket Recordings, is a chaotic ...

A mysterious, ancient tradition takes place each year in Mamoiada, a small village tucked into the middle of wild and mountainous Sardinia. On the day of Saint Anthony, the saint protector of animals ...

There will be space for the popular traditions of Sardinia at the Expo, inaugurated on April 13, and which will continue until October 13 in Osaka, Japan, which has already hosted this event in 1970.