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355 ° FESTIVAL FEAST FROM CAGLIARI SANT'EFISIO '1 TO 4 May 2011

Experience the most exciting and important festival of folk Sardinia

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The grand celebrations that take place in May in honor of Efisio have their roots in the seventeenth century. The plague epidemic that struck the island in the middle of the century is remembered as one of the most tragic disaster that the island has undergone in modern times, such as length and number of victims. On July 11, 1652 the Municipality of Cagliari appealed to Sant'Efisio that would protect the city from the disease, and the civic meeting expressed a vote by which it undertook to bestow an annual procession in his honor.

In May of 1657 was the first solemn procession to the dissolution of the vote : The statue of the saint was carried to the church of Nora, accompanied by city officials and representatives of all countries liberated from the disease.


Every year a procession of floats, knights, pilgrims and devotees accompany the statue of the Holy Martyr Efisio from Cagliari to Nora, a place of martyrdom.

arrived in the Holy Nora is carried in procession along the beach, accompanied by the sound of launeddas.

This event of extraordinary popular participation, a balance between faith and devotion, folklore and tradition, it is celebrated with great emotional intensity. The demonstrations last month, but the climax of the festival is the parade of May 1.




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custody, tradition and rituals of the organization is dedicated to Sant'Efisio by 's exclusive Confraternity of the Banner.

The preparations for the feast begin in late April, when the Confraternity proceed with the habit of simulacrum.
On 30 April, the dressing is completed with the addition of gold and jewels offered by the faithful as ex-voto.

So the President and the arch Sacrista Major lay the statue in the chariot.

the morning of May 1, Su Carradori, responsible for driving the oxen pulling the chariot, the animals decked with flowers and bells. So the Third Guardian on horseback, accompanied by Guardian, goes to the Town Hall.

Here awaits the Alter Nos, or the representative of the mayor of the city. Together they go to church Sant'Efisio where it is celebrated the "Mass Nos of Otherness."

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