{"id":2579,"date":"2020-07-13T10:54:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T09:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=2579"},"modified":"2022-12-03T22:07:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T22:07:10","slug":"les-mamuthones","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/sardinian-mythology\/the-mamuthones\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mamuthones"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2579\" class=\"elementor elementor-2579\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a65cbd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a65cbd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8601165\" data-id=\"8601165\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea77a97 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ea77a97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/sardinian-mythology\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Sardinian mythology<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73e39a5\" data-id=\"73e39a5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ae7e76 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7ae7e76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Histoire_de_la_Sardaigne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Wiki<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-10ceb091 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"10ceb091\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c08c9f0\" data-id=\"6c08c9f0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7768fa9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7768fa9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>One of the most famous and oldest festivals in <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/sardinian-mythology\/\">Sardinia<\/a> is the Mamuthones festival in Mamo\u00efada, a village in the heart of Barbagia in the province of Nuoro. This parade has been studied several times, notably by Raffaello Marchi. We find there an agrarian and pastoral rite in its original simplicity which evokes the cult of the chthonic creative forces of nature directly from the life of the proto <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/sardinian-mythology\/\">Sardinians<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5284 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"Mamuthones feast\" width=\"25\" height=\"26\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/sardinian-mythology\/the-mamuthones\/#Fete-des-Mamuthones\" >Mamuthones Festival<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fete-des-Mamuthones\"><\/span>Mamuthones Festival<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Mamuthones are dressed in a curious outfit consisting of white pants, knee socks, a sort of short skirt, a red corselet over a shirt and a skin vest worn with the hair on the side. outside called mastruca, they are wearing a black berritta held up by a scarf tied on the chin.<\/p>\n<p>On their backs and necks they wear bells (sa garriga). Their face is covered with a black wooden mask (sa bisera). We find masks of the same inspiration in a few other Sardinian villages, notably in Ottana (merdules, cattle masks) but also in other regions (Sicily, <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythes-et-legendes-grecques-1664\/\">Greece<\/a>, Trace, Istria, Slovenia, Alps, Pyrenees, etc.) and in other continents.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Mamuthones parade in a slow dance step, ringing the bells in rhythm. They are flanked by the Issocadores who wear a sort of cap with ribbons, large baggy blue pants, a white shirt and a red waistcoat, sometimes a shawl tied at the waist, they do not wear bells, masks or mastruca.<\/p>\n<p>They hold in their hands a sort of whip or whip or lasso (soca) which they throw in the audience so as to catch friends, children, young girls, etc. shouting satirical jokes. If the person is taken it will be an auspicious sign.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>On the occasion of the feast of Saint Anthony, patron and protector of peasants and shepherds, on January 17, the procession leaves in groups of 12 mamuthones accompanied by 8 issocadorres. Once again they return to the streets of this agricultural town on the last Sunday of Carnival and for Mardi Gras.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The word Mamuthones can be compared to other words from Barbagia:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Maimone: demon, bacchic idol of the Carnival who dies on Mardi Gras,<\/li>\n<li>Mamucone, mountainous area near Mamo\u00efada,<\/li>\n<li>Mamudine: place where there are caves guarded by spirits,<\/li>\n<li>Mamujone: name of a source from which the name of Mamo\u00efada is derived.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>This pagan holiday is very old and it is given different meanings.<br \/>The victory of the inhabitants of the interior against the Saracen invaders, taken prisoner and led in procession to become slaves of the shepherds.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Or, it could be traced back to a ritual of Nuraghi civilization in honor of a pastoral agricultural god.<br \/>Or, to a rite of placing under the yoke of the ox.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Other interpretations link this festival to Dionysian fertility rituals as in other Mediterranean civilizations.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>There are those who see in the mask of the Mamuthones the effigy of a demonic spirit.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sardinian Mythology Wiki One of the most famous and oldest festivals in Sardinia is the Mamuthones festival\u2026 <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2574,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2579","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24813,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2579\/revisions\/24813"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}