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5 Jul

**SARDINIAN NATIONAL IDENTITY: how Sardinians renounced it (and are now regaining it)**

I just had this discussion with myself and wanted to post it soon. This is not like usual threads but more like an informed personal discussion.

As I've mentioned other times, the Sardinian identity differs from the rest of Italy because of its mainly different history. The Island and the Peninsula have been in contact during all the centuries leading to the Italian unification, but Sardinia was a different country.

We were autonomous during the Middle Age, we fell into the Aragonese/Spanish influence afterwards (no, we weren't colonised) and then under Savoy rule (again, not colonised). It's exactly in these 4-5 centuries that our national identity shifted from the peninsular perspective.

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1 Jul

**Sardinian EVIL EYE and magic traditions**

Sardinian culture is filled with superstition and magical rites that the profound religiosity only enhanced, often with the favour of priests. Here I will talk about the evil eye and rites of s'argia. #folklore #Sardinia

📸 Su kokku

Evil eye is common to many cultures and it's impossible to date its actual origin. In Sardinia it is strictly linked to the clear separation of male and female roles, so that only women can deal with magic, rituals, life and death, probably reminiscence of the time when Sardinian

-women were priestesses, in the Nuragic Age.

In Sardinian, evil eye is called ogu malu and those affected are said to be pigau de ogu. They are generally men, because women who practice traditional medicine can't be affected. They can't even cast evil eye.

Every living thing-

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30 Jun

**The SIEGE of VILLA di CHIESA**

Thread about the beginning of the Catalan-Aragonese conquest of Sardinia and the strenuous resistance of the inhabitants

📸 Pisan medieval walls of Villa di Chiesa, modern day Iglesias

In 1297, the Pope Boniface VIII gave the Aragonese king, James II, the licentia invadendi of Sardinia and Corsica. The king could conquer the island(s) and declare himself king.

James II wasn't interested in Corsica but he prepared his expedition to Sardinia and, 20 years later-

-in 1323, he charged his 24yo son, the Infante Alfonso, to lead the conquest. The heir to the throne left from Catalonia with wife and around 20000 men.

In the previous months and following weeks, several local Sardinian powers allied with the Aragonese Crown in hope of seeing-

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24 Jun

**SANTU JUANNE in Sardinia**

Thread about the festivity of Saint John (24th of June) and summer solstice in Sardinia: divination and the ritual of "companionship". #FolkloreThursday #Folklore #SardinianFolklore #Sardinia #Sardegna San Giovanni

Saint John (Santu Juanne) falls by Christian tradition on the 24th of June. It's not a casual day, in fact it's very close to the summer solstice, usually celebrated by many ancient cultures.

In Sardinia this is a very traditional festivity, which still holds clear its pagan-

-roots. The festival is linked to fires and water. In some places (Cuglieri, Bono, for example), we have the rite of s'abba muda. Whoever wants to ask for some grace from the Saint has to go from the church to the fountain in complete silence. Once there, they drink water and-

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17 Jun

**GONNARIO II of Torres**

Thread about the king of Torres who became a monk 👑->⛪ #medievaltwitter #Sardinia #MiddleAge #History #Judicates

Gonnario was born between 1110 and 1114 to the king of Torres, Costantino. We don't know for sure who his mother was. The tradition wants him to be the queen's son but in a document he referred to her as his father's wife, not his mother. It is likely instead that his mother was-

-another woman, another wife or a lover, called Maria De Thori. His not being the queen's son could also explain his troubles in succession.

Written but not trustable sources say he was born to Marcusa de Gunale and Costantino de Lacon after they prayed for a child in Torres-

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11 Jun

**SARDINIAN MARRIAGE TRADITIONS💐**

These information are taken by La Marmora, who wrote about them in 1838.

📸 Traditional marriage in Selargius (Cagliari) #Sardinia

The ritual isn't limited to the day of the marriage but it starts with the request of the groom to the family of the bride. The groom's father would visit the bride's family and start a ritual request. He asks whether they have a nice cow to give him. The family therefore starts

-bringing ahead all the children, asking if that's what he's searching. At last, they bring ahead the bride who acts reluctant. At that point the man would say that's exactly what he was searching for. They agree to a date to exchange gifts.

Another day, the father of the groom-

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