Not my mother insisting on reading my social contacts at the end of the book and me quickly changing page... 🙈🙈 There's a reason why I use fake names 🤣🤣
And she wants to read it too 🙈🙈 That's why I write in English 🤣
Follow-up from my father: but where is your name, where is it written it's yours? 😆
I suppose I won't bring fame to the family name just so plainly 🤣🤣
From the series "how my parents took the news that I published a book", from today I'll change my name to "Doctor Watson, o comente si tzerriara" ("Doctor Watson, or how she's called", in Sardinian) 🤣
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Thread about the origin and differences of Sardinian language variants.
There isn't a single Sardinian language just like there isn't a single Sardinian culture. Every town has its own variations, that's why the topic is complicated and can only be broadly spoken about.
We don't know for sure what language(s) ancient Nuragic populations spoke-
-but we call it generically proto- or paleo-Sardinian. Some words (like babay) and toponyms still remain in the modern languages. There have been also influences from the Phoenician and Punic contacts.
The strongest influence has though been Roman Latin. In fact, Rome colonised-
Chronological history and political organisation of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1324-1861) #Sardinia#history
📸 The funeral of Charles V of Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor, king of the Crown of Spain, king of Sardinia (among others)
The very first man to be crowned king of Sardinia has been Barisone I of Arborea, in 1164, by the hand of the Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich I, but his attempt to conquer all Sardinia failed and the title ended with him ⬇️
The second attempt was done by the Pope Boniface VIII, in 1297, following the Sicilian Vespers. The Pope exchanged Sicily with Sardinia and gave the Aragonese king, James II, the possibility to invade Sardinia and Corsica to claim the title.
Thread about the dangerous horse races held by Sardinians in honour of some Saint, of Byzantine origins.
📸 Santa Maria de sa Rosa, Seneghe.
Àrdias are characteristic horse races which had great value to Sardinians until a century ago (and in some way, even now). Sardinians have a great tradition of horse riding and acrobatic horse riding, and these events allowed people to show all their skills and bravery.
Kids were taught from very young age to compete in àrdias and their failure could mean great resentment from their family (who were their teachers) and most importantly, kids wouldn't show the bravery that was asked from them.
Cumbessias, muristenes, lollas: thread about the Sardinian religious festivals which last 9 consecutive days.
📸 Santa Cristina of Paulilatino
In Sardinia, festivals are sacred. It's an old and peculiar tradition, in which people from everywhere in Sardinia gathers around a countryside church to celebrate for nine days. This span of time is called novena and the place where people lived together is the novenario.
There have been many ethnological studies about the rules and culture of the novenas. During the festival, people were all equal. There was no difference between rich and poor; everyone was the same and they interacted at equal level.
**NURAGIC SARDINIA – part 4: sacred Nuragic wells**
Sixth and last part of the series of threads on Prenuragic and Nuragic Sardinia. Today is all about cult of water and sacred wells/fountains.
📸 Romanzesu, Bitti
The cult of water was very important in Sardinia, as the 100+ sacred wells and fountains show. We don't know with certainty which rites were practiced, but we know we found many votive statuettes representing people or ships in these sites. Some cults may have lived on through-
-new rituals, still living today.
There are three main types of wells (or fountains), depending on their position and orography.
▪️Hypogean wells. These are the most famous and important ones, represented by Santa Cristina of Paulilatino and Santa Vittoria of Serri.
**NURAGIC SARDINIA – part 3: the tombs of the giants**
Third part of the series regarding Nuragic Sardinia. We'll talk about collective burials.
📸S'Ena 'e Thomes, Dorgali
The so-called tombs of the giants are collective tombs (better, ossuaries) of the Nuragic period. The name "giants" derive from popular folklore and the great dimensions of the constructions. There are around 100 tombs distributed in the whole Island.
These tombs are characterized by a long corridor, several metres long and 3 metres high, covered with huge horizontal stones. The front is closed by a monolith (in S'Ena'e Thomes, the monolith is around 6 metres high), with an engraved frame and a small little door at the base.