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Ottana's Carnival, Ottana, Sardinia
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Ottana's Carnival is considered by anthropologists a performance dedicated to the Dyonisiac cult. The town is known for its traditional carnival costumes, including distinctive masks worn by the Boes, Merdules and Filonzana. Dyonisus was celebrated with dances and propitiatory rites to let the hearth reborn at the beginning of spring, after month of bitter cold and lacking rain.
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