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Guilcièr
From the Guilcièr: bordeaux damask silk shawl (issallu) and red broccatello bodice (cossu) for women. Men’s dress with black tubular berritta, velvet zippone and pleated orbace skirt (ragas).
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Guilcièr
From the Guilcièr: bordeaux damask silk shawl (issallu) and red broccatello bodice (cossu) for women. Men’s dress with black tubular berritta, velvet zippone and pleated orbace skirt (ragas).
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Violet silk shawl and red gold-adorned bodice for the women; black hooded orbace coat and pleated short skirt for the men.
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A small village in the Barigadu overlooking Lake Omodeo, with a dress of sober pastoral elegance.
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Red jacket (su corittu) over a stiff red-and-gold bodice (s’imbustu); embroidered black skirt with silk floral apron (su pannellu). Men: richly embroidered garnet velvet gilet (su colpette) and pleated black skirt (sas ragas).
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A Campidano municipality with an ivory brocade bodice with floral motifs, dark blue cloth skirt and ivory underskirt with large rose embroidery.
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A town in the Barbagia di Belvì celebrated for the Chestnut Festival, with a rich mountain dress in velvet and silk.
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From Ogliastra: orange damask silk bodice (cossettu) with gold passementerie, pleated brown skirt and red manticello cap. Men’s dress with black tubular berritta, silver-buttoned cippone jacket and pleated orbace gunnedda.
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A Campidano town known for its ceramics, with a radiant dress in silk and brocade that parades at the Cavalcata di Sant'Efisio.
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A Mandrolisai town featuring sa tiagiola, a starched linen headband unique in Sardinia, and a brocade bodice in polychrome silks.
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A municipality in the Mandrolisai featuring the red orbace cape, a brocade bodice with the semicircular su sestu, and a black velvet jacket trimmed with beads.
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An Ogliastra village perched above the Tyrrhenian Sea, with a dress that blends Barbaricina tradition and coastal influences.
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The costume of Barrali comes in two female variants: an embroidered black bodice with a bordeaux skirt, or a blue velvet bodice with a white lace-trimmed apron.
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Costume in both versions: black veil and red-and-gold brocade bodice for women, embroidered burgundy vest for men.
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An Ogliastra dress of violet brocade and a red skirt with a golden hem; the velvet apron gives the women’s dress its distinctive elegance.
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White polychrome floral brocade corpetto, red cloth manto and burgundy orbace skirt with pleated silk ribbons a biccu ‘e prama. Men’s dress with black berritta, blue velvet cippone and corpetto.
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Black velvet jacket with green sash in the first women’s variant; embroidered blouse with violet skirt and large fuchsia flowers in the second.
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Birthplace of the Cantu a tenore (UNESCO), with an austere yet precious women's dress in black orbace and red velvet.
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A Marghine village featuring a women's black velvet bodice entirely embroidered with polychrome floral motifs, laced at the centre with red ribbon.
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A Meilogu town featuring the garnet-red velvet corìttu adorned with a silver buttonera, rich coral and filigree of Spanish influence.
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The main centre of the Goceano, with a bridal dress featuring a red cloth corittu covered in violet velvet, a reversible brocade imbustu and a violet silk satin apron.
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A Meilogu town with the white brocade imbustu edged in black velvet and the black velvet corittu with gold passementerie and fringe, paired with a red cloth skirt and the red double-breasted camiciola with dark blue velvet.
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White brocatelle bodice with multicoloured floral embroidery, pleated bordeaux skirt; men's dress with black velvet jacket and cap.
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From the Marghine region: a red orbace zippone with polychrome floral embroidery, an azure brocade bodice and a pleated skirt. Two ceremonial variants: bridal dress and noblewoman’s dress.
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A Gallura municipality with a black shawl in a violet floral pattern draped over the head, a red-and-white waist sash and a long black skirt.
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A festive couple: sa farditta in violet satin and su corittu in red cloth for her; navy velvet double-breasted su kosso with black su gonnellinu for him.
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A Monteacuto municipality featuring a gold-embroidered red bodice and a fringed violet shawl, with a widow's variant and a men's dress with berritta.
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A Goceano municipality with the red and velvet corittu, the blue-violet brocade imbustu and the black skirt with a gold hem, completed by an all-black widow's variant.
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A Gerrèi village with a fine-pleated red and blue skirt, silk shawl and dark apron adorned with gold trim.
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The red corittu with violet velvet sleeves and the pleated black unnedda for the women; orbace short skirt, red-blue waistcoat and black berritta for the men.
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A Barigadu municipality with a nineteenth-century dress displayed at the Museo del Dress in Nuoro: a starched tulle veil, a pleated red skirt and a golden brocade jacket.
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A Sinis village famous for bottarga and the Giants of Mont'e Prama, with a refined Oristano-style dress.
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The capital of Sardinia, the star of the Cavalcata di Sant'Efisio with the most magnificent Campidano dress on the island.
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Two variants of the Campidano women’s dress: a red and gold brocade bodice with velvet skirt and lace apron, and the violet/amethyst brocade variant with striped petticoat and rich gold filigree jewellery.
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A Sulcis city with a women's dress featuring a white lace veil, a burgundy velvet jacket with gold buttons and a black apron with floral embroidery.
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A women’s dress from the Anglona region with a hand-embroidered white silk veil, a brocade bodice with a red ribbon and a red velvet waistcoat with floral embroidery.
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A Logudoro village with a highly elegant women’s dress: s’imbustu in blue velvet with golden paillettes, su corittu in patterned velvet with floral motifs and apron in abbanera with floral embroidery.
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A Marmilla town with a dress distinguished by its black mantle richly embroidered with multicoloured floral motifs and black fringe, and a black skirt with a red band.
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A Meilogu municipality with a refined bridal dress: a golden-white brocade bodice, a pleated skirt with a silk velvet hem and hand-stitched heirloom embroidery.
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A Campidano village with a women’s dress featuring a black wool crepe shawl with floral embroidery and fringes, a violet velvet bodice and a red-and-blue striped skirt.
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A mountain village on the slopes of the Gennargentu, celebrated for its multicoloured silk headdresses and one of the most elaborate dresses on the island.
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A wine-growing centre of the Cagliari Campidano with a traditional dress of elegant Campidano craftsmanship.
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At the foot of the Supramonte, the Dorgali bridal dress is among the richest in the Barbagia, with red silk, filigree jewellery and a coral rosary.
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Festive dress from the Campidano di Decimo: violet and silver fringed silk shawl, black-and-fuchsia ruffled bodice and pleated heavy cotton skirt.
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A Gerrei municipality with a shirt adorned with the precious su papu de sa mendula embroidery, the centrepiece of the local festival Sa Passillada.
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Wedding dress from the Barbagia di Seùlo: square violet woven-silk shawl with macramé fringe, embroidered blue bodice and pleated silk skirt.
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Florinas, in the Coros in the province of Sassari, preserves a traditional dress of extraordinary textile richness: rust velvet bodice, red-orange skirt and men’s orbace kilt.
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Red satin skirt and black apron featuring the exclusive miniardisi lace, enriched by the embroidered shawl and two variants that tell the story of the town’s evolution.
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The highest village in Sardinia boasts one of the most sumptuous dresses on the island, with red velvet and gold embroidery.
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A Barigadu village with a distinctive women’s costume: dark headscarf, pleated black bodice, and a dark-green floral brocade skirt with a bright-green silk hem band.
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Women’s festive costume estiri de sa festa in green and red with golden brocade cossu, red orbace sauzzu and green velvet cipponi; berritta longa, onnedda and brentera in the men’s dress.
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Festive couple from Gairo: sa fardetta in dark floral silk and red su colori headscarf for women; su gipponi in black cloth with red trim and orbace s’areghettu for men.
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Women’s festive dress with pleated brown orbace fardetta, blue brocade zustillu and black velvet zippone; berritta, gabbanu and cartzones de uresi in the men’s everyday dress.
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Red broadcloth cappuzzu and green brocade camussu for the women’s festive dress; brown wool bestire de s’isposa with hand-painted silk border; black orbace for the men’s dress.
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A Marmilla village dominated by the basalt plateau of the Giara. Traditional dress featuring a red bonnet, white tulle veil and polychrome floral brocatelle bodice; men’s dress with red corpetto and black gonnellino.
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Birthplace of Antonio Gramsci on the shores of Lake Omodeo, with a Guilcier costume notable for its rich fabrics and historical variants.
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Meilogu costume with a blue corset fastened by a red ribbon, an embroidered velvet jacket and a black skirt with a purple flounce.
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In the Sulcis, an elegant women's dress featuring a large blue satin shawl, dark brocade skirt, and a white lace-trimmed apron.
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In the Gerrei, festive dress with a green damask satin skirt and black organza apron, polychrome floral brocatelle bodice with gold passementerie and a white woven-silk headscarf.
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In the Iglesiente, Su Sciallu de Sera in multicolour silk for gala occasions and Su Panneddu, the waterproof black orbace winter headdress.
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A town at the foot of the Linas massif, with a Campidano dress featuring vivid red and green embroidery.
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A Trexenta village with two variants of the women’s dress: a blue embroidered bodice with a floral apron, or a dark bodice with a black brocade skirt and gold scalloped lace hem.
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A town in the Campidano plain with a traditional dress of refined silk work and silver filigree.
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A Campidano centre linked to the mining tradition of the Sulcis-Iglesiente, with a dress of fine local weaving.
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A medieval city with an Iberian character, featuring a sober yet elegant dress that reflects centuries of Aragonese history.
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A mountain village in the Ogliastra at the heart of the Gennargentu, with a dress of authentic Barbaricina tradition.
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White embroidered headscarf, dark bodice with purple and red stripes and floral embroidery, lilac sash at the waist and long dark brocade skirt with cyclamen roses and gold hem.
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A town in the Nuoro Baronia with one of the most solemn dresses of the area: pleated orbace, floral-embroidered silk and golden braid.
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A Sarcidano municipality with a black hood over a white veil, olive-green brocade bodice and black skirt with olive-green underskirt.
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A Logudoro municipality with a fringed black and purple satin kerchief, white brocade bodice with red velvet borders and pleated black skirt.
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Logudoro village with the sumptuous su bestire ruju: densely pleated scarlet skirt, su coritu velvet bolero, jewellery in gold and coral. Men's dress with red su cosso jacket and black sas ragas skirt.
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An Ogliastra municipality amid the Cannonau vineyards, with a dark velvet bodice and a brightly coloured silk apron.
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A Sarcidano municipality with a dark head kerchief, green and gold brocade bodice and dark lustrous skirt.
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Capital of Ogliastra, with su colori red headdress bordered in black, su cossu brocade bodice and sa fardetta pleated skirt. Male costume with su gipponi red jacket and sa brentera inlaid leather belt.
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A Baronia municipality featuring a black velvet jacket with polychrome floral embroidery, layered purple brocade skirt and floral apron.
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An Ogliastra municipality overlooking the Gulf of Arbatax: the women’s estiri ‘e cojai with bordeaux velvet cloak and patterned silk skirt; the men’s estire ‘e sposu with red cossu and black berritta.
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Women’s costume in the su coritu variant with the casseddu in blue velvet and su zipone in velvet; mourning dress costumene de gatìa entirely in black; su solopatu and sas fracas in the men’s dress.
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Brown velvet bodice with braid trim and green ribbon (daily); blue brocade bodice with polychrome floral motifs and dark red skirt (festive); black orbace berritta and gonnellino (men).
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Black damask-silk jacket with basque, fully pleated black damask-silk skirt and fringed shawl (women); black cloth berritta, pleated orbace kilt trimmed with velvet and red cloth belt (men).
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Women’s dress in dark burgundy brocade with black floral motifs: fitted bodice with long sleeves and front buttons, full pleated skirt; matching head scarf and gold brooch on the chest.
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The main centre of the Marghine, province of Nuoro, with a women’s festive dress in polychrome brocade and black orbace; men’s dress with a double-breasted red-bordered zippone and tubular berritta.
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Home of the Mamuthones and Issohadores (UNESCO), with a Barbaricina wedding dress of extraordinary artisanal refinement.
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A Siurgus costume with a violet brocade bodice, floral embroidery and red sash for women; black jacket with silver chain ornament and wide white knee breeches for men.
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Women’s costume from the Meilogu with white lace veil, black jacket with golden ornaments and a black skirt with floral embroidery.
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A Campidano centre at the foot of the Sette Fratelli hills, with a silk and filigree dress representative of the Cagliari tradition.
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Wide shiny blue shawl with white fringe and a gold-medal necklace. The men’s black orbace waistcoat is trimmed with light blue piping and silver buttons.
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In the Barbagia di Belvì, the Meana Sardo dress is recognisable by its starched linen "cornetti" headband and the red orbace skirt cut in gores.
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In the Campidano di Oristano, an elegant women's dress with a dark skirt featuring large blue floral motifs in lustrous fabric and an embroidered bodice panel.
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In Alta Marmilla, a purple bodice with gold embroidery and an olive rose-patterned apron with orange trim over a black skirt; a black waistcoat with green velvet and a pleated short skirt for men.
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Parteòlla costume with black bodice embroidered in gold and brocade skirt for festive occasions, a blue striped jacket for everyday wear, and a men's costume with wide white breeches and tall black boots.
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The bridal dress from 1790–1850, preserved in museum collections, is a masterpiece of eighteenth-century Campidano weaving.
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Embroidered brown veil, gold brocade bodice and pleated black skirt with silk flounces; men's dress with green velvet doublet and orbace kilt.
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Black velvet jacket with multicoloured floral embroidery (su corittu) over a floral brocade bodice (s’imbustu); trapezoidal black brocade skirt and white silk square headdress (su muncaloru ippaltu).
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Wedding dress from the Sarrabus with violet polychrome brocade bodice, hand-embroidered tulle veil and blue pleated skirt; men’s dress in black orbace with tubular berritta and pleated ragas.
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White silk headpiece (su muncaloru ippaltu), brocade bodice with pink ribbon (s’imbustu) and embroidered tirziopelo jacket (su corittu); for men, black velvet with finely pleated overskirt (sas ragas nieddas).
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Hand-embroidered shirt (sa camisa), brocade bodice in yellow-red-blue, silk or taffeta skirt and black silk jacket trimmed with lace.
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Red satin cap with hazelnut printed-cotton headscarf, gold figured-silk jacket and silk-brocade skirt with magenta floral motifs. Men’s dress with black berritta, silver-buttoned jacket and dark ragas.
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Two layered headdresses, black velvet bodice with floral embroidery closed by a red ribbon, fully pleated black tibet skirt and black satin apron with blue floral motifs.
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Green brocade bodice, callancau skirt and zippone for women; men’s berritta longa, velvet zippone, hooded gabbanu and orbace ragas from the Guilcier region.
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A Monteacuto village with a black figured-silk shawl with violet floral motifs, black gold-brocade bodice laced with violet ribbon and violet-trimmed orbace kilt for men.
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Two women’s costumes in the Goceano: su corittu with silver sa buttonera de pratta, and su zippone in black and fuchsia patterned velvet with crochet mantelet; men’s costume with hand-embroidered su cosse bodice.
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An Anglona municipality whose wedding dress features a fuchsia and black velvet groppittu, white brocade imbustu and embroidered lace veil. Men’s dress in orbace with a tubular berritta.
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The cultural capital of Sardinia and city of Grazia Deledda, with the quintessential Barbaricina dress: velvet, orbace and silver jewellery.
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A small village in the Campidano di Oristano, whose origins are reflected in the name Nuraci de pische: gippoi with is sinnus, gold-striped fascadroxa and tubular barritta.
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A Sarcidano village with blue brocade bodice laced in red, pleated blue wool skirt with black velvet bands and the barritta a duus fundus cap for men.
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Blue floral brocatello bodice and embroidered black tibet apron for the women; black orbace pleated kilt and double-breasted waistcoat for the men.
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Fringed black shawl over a white headband, embroidered bodice in red, blue and gold, and a long violet brocade skirt with a red and black striped underskirt.
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White lace veil, black fringed deventali with floral embroidery and red-and-blue skirt for women; black orbace vest and gonnellino for men.
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Sulcis costume with a floral headscarf, pleated wool skirt with violet border and silk shawl; men’s dress features a black berritta cap and silk waistcoat with silver buttons.
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The gateway to the Gallura and the main port of north-eastern Sardinia, with a Gallurese dress of sober Nordic elegance.
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The embroidered black tibet headscarf (muncadore), the violet silk corpetto (sa pala), the red cloth and brocade jacket (su gippone) and the brown orbace skirt: the bridal dress of Oliena at the foot of the Supramonte.
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A village in the Campidano di Oristano, with a beige silk muccadori, an imbustu in polychrome floral brocade and a gunnedda in dark cotton printed with golden flowers.
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The geographical heart of the Barbagia di Ollolai, with a unique women’s costume — su crundhile, su cappiale and su zippone in brocade — and a groom’s dress with cosse in red cloth and blue velvet.
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The white brocade bodice with peplum (imbustu), the bordeaux velvet jacket (corittu), the black cloth skirt with double trim (punnedda) and the large white tulle veil (velu): the costume of the Nurra.
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Wedding dress with su solopatu double-face in yellow ochre and blue velvet and su coritu in red cloth; su mucatore in violet silk. Everyday variant with su zipone in brown velvet.
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Village of the Baronia with the rich bridal dress Bistire ‘e sposa: brown tibet muccatore, white brocade zustillu, brown figured velvet zipponi and orbace vardetta with red brocade hem.
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Village of the Barbagia di Ollolai with a rich bridal dress: white tiazola, violet velvet palas, red zippone and black orbace tunica. Men’s dress with red ippone lined in blue velvet.
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A village of the Barbagia di Ollolai with the Bestire de isposa: white tivazzola headband, red cloth corittu jacket and black hemp-weave carramagnu skirt. Men’s dress with blue velvet vrassette and leather peddes.
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Village in the Barbagia di Bitti perched at almost 800 m: yellow-orange su càsciu and su coritu in grana ruja for women, cylindrical black sa berrita and velvet su solopadu for men.
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Famous for its protest murals, Orgosolo preserves a highly compelling dress, a symbol of Barbaricina identity and strength.
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Capital of the Giudicato d’Arborea, known in Sardinian as Aristanis: bestiri de sa festa in red brocade and black velvet, gipponi, imbustu and coral necklaces for women; berritta, scialloppau and cratzoni de arroda for men.
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A coastal town in the Baronia with a men’s dress featuring the distinctive s'imbustu in red cloth and blue satin, and the hooded orbace gapote.
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Women’s dress with embroidered su mucadore headscarf, gold-filigree-hemmed sa este orbace skirt and su zibbone in red cloth; men’s dress with sa gonnella orbace kilt and su gabbanu.
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Estiri ‘e sa festa from the Sarcidano with blue brocade cossu, blue and red striped s’unnedda and worked black cotton su deventalli.
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Su estire de isposai of the Mandrolisai with blue brocade cippone, red unnedda and hand-embroidered black tibet isciallu de matta.
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Women’s dress with violet floral brocade imbustu bodice and bordeaux mixed-silk corittu; men’s dress with bordeaux velvet cosse jacket and black orbace gabbanu.
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Feast-day dress from the Monteacuto rich in brocade, velvet and orbace: white floral giustinu, black gippone, tubular berritta and men’s cuguttu.
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Court dress of the Romangia: the crescent-shaped sa capita in red velvet over an embroidered tulle veil, su grupitu with silver filigree sa butonera, and a garnet velvet sa faldeta.
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A Coros village with three women’s varieties: the black festive dress in worked velvet, the red bridal with embroidered band and the widow’s dress with su panneddu e cobuddu.
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Festive dress of the Dore with muccadore gremulau in figured violet silk, cosso in floral velvet in black and fuchsia, zippone in black silk and pleated cloth veste. Men’s dress with cartzas, peddes and brown leather chintorza.
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A Barbagia di Ollolai village known for the Su Carrasegare carnival: the red cloth su capputzu hood trimmed with bobbin lace, the red su zippone with blue brocade, and the black orbace cartzone nieddu of the men’s dress.
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The largest centre in Monteacuto: the all-black women’s gala dress — satin mantu, lace ilgiacca and damask unnedda — with striking red coral necklaces; the men’s dress with green velvet corittu and black orbace gabbaneddu.
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A Monteacuto village with a white broccatello bodice laced with bordeaux ribbon, pleated black skirt with broccatello flounce, and berritta cap with orbace kilt for men.
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A Gallura women's dress: ivory bodice with green trim and embroidered roses, white blouse with lace cuffs, green skirt and translucent tulle apron with floral sprigs.
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The festive su corittu with gold canutiglia-covered brocade imbustu, embroidered black unnedda skirt and fringed silk muccaloru headdress: Pattada in Monteacuto.
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Known for the nuragic sacred well of Santa Cristina, with a costume featuring a yellow brocade bodice and purple figured silk shawl.
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A village of the Ogliastra (Nuoro): women's su gipponi in green worked cotton with a wine-red su sciallu; the men's dress features a velvet sa berritta and a short orbace skirt.
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An Anglona festive dress: beige brocade imbustu with silver passementerie, bordeaux velvet corittu, black wool bunnedda and polychrome embroidered black silk falditta.
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A Figulina village with three costume variants: sa este de velludu bridal dress, sa este de iscrallatta and sa este de batia, with ochre yellow manteddu and violet corittu.
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Village in the Marmilla with an elaborate wedding dress: violet brocade pabixeddas with a cross-laced red cord, brown operated-cotton gunnedda and pearl-trimmed fascadroxa.
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Daily dress of the Flumenàrgia with blue cloth isgiacca, pleated bordeaux faldetta and yellow cotton muncaloru. Men’s dress with three-circle cecciu, blue velvet jacket with seven silver buttonholes and orbace ragas.
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A Baronia village with a rich women’s costume featuring a purple-violet velvet zipone with floral motifs, a yellow-orange cassu grogu bodice and a pleated velvet skirt.
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A Meilogu village with two costumes: the women’s bridal dress with embroidered sa camija, velvet su coritu and silver filigree buttons; the men’s festive suit with black velvet corittu, orbace gabbanu and ragas.
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Nora costume with black velvet gipponi lined with aqua brocade, red and blue striped fordetta and red silk velvet fascadroxa. Men’s dress with embroidered blue cropettu, cratzoni a roda and orbace cratzas.
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Scuffia white silk cap and embroidered tulle velu veil as bridal headdress; white brocade imbustu bodice with gold cannetille and wine-red velvet corittu jacket.
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The pannus arrubius in wine-red velvet with black velada, brocade cossu, and 19th-century gold filigree jewellery set with baroque pearls and garnets.
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The spensu in violet and black silk with floral velvet inserts and gold trim, the red and blue striped gunnedda, and the black cloth berritta of the men’s dress.
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Festive dress with a triple head covering: red cotton scuffiottu, beige muccadori printed with angel faces and green muccadori spartu. Black silk unnedda skirt with golden floral motifs, green patterned silk pannu ‘e ananti apron, velvet zippol and polychrome brocade imbustu.
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In the Marmilla region, the everyday costume of Ruinas stands out for its violet brocade cropettu with gold floral embroidery, double muncadori headdress and black-and-violet silk vasca.
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A hamlet of Olbia in the Gallura, Sa Castanza preserves a costume of striking colour contrasts: the red corittu with bordeaux velvet trim for women, and the black orbace skirt with velvet vest for men.
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Village in the Barbagia di Seùlo, known in Sardinian as Sàdili: brown tibet shawl with polychrome floral embroidery, black satin bodice and jacket with violet florals, short black orbace skirt for men.
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Four costume variants from Samassi in the Campidano: the brocade-bodiced Su Bistiri Bonu de Imbodrau, the Bistiri de Indiana, the men’s dress and the historical Su Bistiri Scrallau.
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A village in the Trexenta, once known as Santu Maccari: su cossu in fuchsia and black figured velvet, sa gunnedda with red and blue stripes, and the orbace s’arroda of the men’s dress.
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The istimentu de isposa with its six-scarf su lionzu headdress, blue brocade cippone and rust orbace chinta de palas: Sardinia’s weaving capital.
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A village in the Bonorzùli region featuring a striking black scialle shawl in embroidered tibet and a violet broccatello palas; red and blue striped gunnedda and black cropettu with golden buttons in the men’s dress.
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A village of the Sulcis, province of South Sardinia: red satin scoffia, garnet velvet gipponi with gold filigree buttonis and brown silk muncaroi ’e tzugu among the hallmarks of the women’s dress.
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An Arborea municipality in the province of Oristano, with a white veil and red band, black bodice with silver buttons and a black skirt with multicoloured floral embroidery.
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A granite village of Gallura and hamlet of Olbia, wearing the typical Gallurese dress in bordeaux and dark red.
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Red cotton trubanti headscarf and brown printed muccadori mannu shawl; red floral brocade cossu bodice with blue taffeta trim in the everyday women’s dress; black berritta cap and cartzoni de arroda kilt in the festive men’s dress.
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Saffron-dyed camisa a sonette linen blouse and black polychrome brocade imbustu; black unnedda skirt with mustard-yellow silk pann’e ananti apron in the women’s festive dress.
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Historic town of the 1409 battle: violet silk muccadori and golden brocade corpettu in the women’s costume; brown leather collettu in the men’s dress.
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In the Sulcis, festive dress with a red satin Scoffia, a blue velvet Gipponi printed with polychrome flowers, and three layered scarves; men’s dress with a black orbace overcoat.
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On the Sulcis island, the dress stands out for the red orbace skirt, the satin or velvet bodice and the men's black orbace trousers with a double row of gold coins.
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In the Campidano di Oristano, the costume of Santa Giusta stands out for its purple bodice with gold embroidery, black apron with a floral pattern and white lace veil with a red band.
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A northern Gallura town with a dress dominated by red: embroidered short jacket, laced bodice and dark blue pinafore skirt with a floral hem.
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A Sulcis town celebrated for the Mauritanian Wedding festival, with a festive dress that carries within it millennia of Phoenician-Punic history and island craftsmanship.
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An austere black wool costume for men and women: deeply pleated jacket and blue headscarf for women, furesi wool and a sheepskin mastruca for men.
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Red cotton cappiabi headscarf, blue floral brocade pabisceddas bodice and pleated brown gunnedda skirt in the women’s dress; black wool cropettu with cratzonis de arroda overskirt in the men’s dress.
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A village in the Nora region with an elegant women’s festive dress featuring an operated-silk gipponi with black tulle chest piece, pleated red-and-blue fordetta, and damascene-satin apron.
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A Barbagia di Ollolai village with a folk dress that expresses the austerity and pride of the Barbaricina tradition.
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Sardinia’s second city, with a women’s gala dress featuring a double-breasted red velvet corittu with gold buttons, bordeaux faldetta and hand-embroidered tulle muccaloru di capu; men’s orbace ragas and leather lu cugliettu.
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Brocade bodice with floral motifs and blue ribbon, pleated brown orbace skirt and violet apron adorned with black floral motifs.
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A Guilcer village with a dress dominated by white and black: the Arab-influenced sa tiazola headdress, the embroidered black su zippone and the orbace sas cartzas skirt.
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An Anglona village with a women's dress featuring a white veil and black mantle, an apron with vivid polychrome floral embroidery and violet fabric accents.
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From the Marmilla, with a purple and green patterned silk sciallu and blue brocade cossu with beads and canutiglia for women; berritta, velvet cropettu and cratzonis de arroda for men.
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Celebrated for the Selargino Wedding (September), one of Italy's most important folk events, with a bridal dress of extraordinary magnificence.
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White lace blouse, floral brocade corset and long dark skirt with blue floral motifs, golden brocade band and lace hem.
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White lace veil over red headscarf, white pleated skirt with black guipure apron and gold galloon, orange coral necklace.
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Red cotton muncadori and green brocade pabixeddas for women; orbace berritta and cratzonis de obraci for men. Province of Oristano.
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A Romangia town with one of the most colourful dresses of northern Sardinia, featuring a four-scarf headdress, crimson velvet and gold cannetille embroidery.
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The blue brocade bodice laced with a crossed red ribbon, the red and blue skirt pleated perra ‘e canna, and the double white headscarf make this costume one of the most distinctive in the Trexenta.
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The women's red brocade bodice with golden floral motifs and the men's black vest with silver chains make this one of the most elegant costumes in the Campidano.
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Red and dark blue striped bodrau skirt, brocade bodice with polychrome floral embroidery and red headscarf.
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Three festive dress variants: embroidered blue bodice with violet brocade skirt, black shawl with floral-embroidered skirt, and lace veil over a red skirt.
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Black headdress with long fringe and red floral embroidery, red gold brocade sash, black satin apron and red pleated skirt. Black velvet jacket with orbace wool stockings in the men’s dress.
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A Campidano municipality with a red and blue striped bordatino skirt, a brocatello bodice and a silk apron with a red bow.
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Red brocade bodice with green and gold trim, red-and-blue striped skirt and white lace veil in the women’s dress; black orbace su sereniccu with red velvet details and sa berritta in the men’s dress.
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A Barbagia di Seulo town with a bridal dress that reflects the Ogliastra textile tradition: violet floral-pattern silk, a taffeta apron and a fringed brown shawl.
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Violet shawl with gold embroidery and a green gold-trimmed bodice for the woman; black gold-edged waistcoat and white bloomer trousers for the man.
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Triple head covering with a red turbanti headscarf, beige silk muccadori ‘e seda and brown muccadori tanau; pink brocade imbustu bodice, black patterned Tibet-cloth gipponi jacket and yellow silk panneddu apron with cutwork embroidery.
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Village of the Campidano di Oristano with a refined festive women’s dress: black printed gunnedda skirt with golden floral motifs, yellow cutwork-embroidered panneddu apron, black damask silk gipponi and red brocatelle imbustu bodice.
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Dark bodice with red and gold floral embroidery, long black-ground skirt with red roses and multicolour striped apron for women; reconstructed costume with barritta, camisa, cropettu and cratzonis de arroda for men.
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Muccadore in violet silk, polychrome brocade imbustu and red woollen corittu in the women’s festive dress; berritta, black orbace ragas and velvet corittu in the men’s dress.
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A frazione of Oristano in the Campidano di Oristano: red scuffiottu and yellow silk muncadori in the women’s headdress, black broccatello imbustu, gunnedda and damascened satin davantagliu.
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The birthplace of Maria Carta in the heart of the Logudoro, with a dress of sober elegance that showcases the quality of its cloth and silk.
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A village in the Cixerri region, in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari, with a festive women’s dress featuring a black scuttia bonnet, violet silk sciallu shawl with golden florals, blue brocade cossu bodice and red-and-blue gunnedda skirt; black orbace cropettu and gianchetta for men.
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A centre of the Oristano Campidano with a women's dress that expresses the refined textile tradition of the western Sardinian plain.
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A Marghine village with a women's bordeaux velvet dress and violet apron, characterised by floral embroidery and refined chromatic elegance.
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Main centre of the Baronie with two distinct women’s typologies: the reversible su coritu with su cosso adorned with brigaderinos galloons, and the later su zibbone variant in silk and velvet.
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A Campidano centre with one of Sardinia's richest dresses: sa gunnedda in red velvet, the embroidered s'imboddiu and precious su lasu gold jewellery.
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Black wool sciallu shawl embroidered with floral motifs and violet brocatelle cossu bodice; tubular bordeaux-trimmed berritta and orbace cropettu in the men’s dress.
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Main town of the Mandrolisai, with a festive dress in wine-red orbace and green silk, a bridal estire de s’isposa with cippone and golden border, and men’s costume in blue velvet.
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Barigadu village with a wine-coloured trapezoidal headdress (su manteddu) and green figured-velvet bodice with black motifs; men’s dress features sa gabbanella black cloth coat, su zippone velvet jacket and sas ragas.
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A Romangia village with a rich costume heritage: the faja silk of the housewives, the coloured fiacca of the countrywomen and the velvet waistcoat of the men’s dress.
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Trexenta village with a white cotton headscarf (su muncadori), hand-embroidered black tibet-cloth shawl (su sciallu), floral brocatelle bodice (su cossettu) and red-and-blue abodrau cotton skirt (s’unnedda); men’s dress with a black tubular cap (sa berritta) and cloth short skirt with bordeaux velvet trim (sas bragas).
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Planargia village with a yellow figured-silk headdress (su muncaloru ’e rasigliu), hand-embroidered white bodice with gold bullion thread (s’imbustu), black tibet-cloth skirt (sa munnedda) and damask-silk apron (sa falda).
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An Ogliastra village with a dark burgundy long-sleeved dress, black fringed shawl and a brightly coloured multicolour floral apron.
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Gallurese village with a bordeaux and black festive women’s dress in damask silk and satin (istiri di la muta), a beige figured-silk bridal dress with puffed sleeves (istiri di la sposa) and a brown velvet men’s dress.
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The granite city of Gallura, with a women’s costume featuring a lace veil (l’elu), a black faldetta cupaltata that transforms into a hood-cloak, and a silk brocade jacket (lu gipponi); men’s dress with a pleated orbace skirt (i raghi) and a short overcoat (lu gabbanu).
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In the Campidano di Oristano, sa gunnedda aggaiada hand-pleated skirt, su cippone in violet damask silk, floral brocade is pabas bodice and men's costume with sa braga and sa berritta.
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An Ogliastra village with a violet Bemberg satin women’s dress (sa unnedda and su gipponi) and black lace mantle; precious bridal dress (estiri ’e sposa) in teal silk brocade with a green apron; light-blue velvet double-breasted waistcoat (su croppettu) for men.
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In the Barbagia di Ollolai, a c. 1927 wedding dress of Clelia Galisai: su cosso in blue polychrome floral brocade, su zippone black jacket edged in pink and sa veste fully pleated with silk flounces.
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A municipality in the southern Sulcis with punt'a brodu embroidery, the red indrollada skirt and a rare wide-brimmed hat of Spanish origin.
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White tulle veil, bordeaux velvet bodice with floral embroidery and pleated skirt in black or red cloth with satin hem.
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A town in the Meilogu with the red velvet bolero su corittu, the pleated sa bunnedda ruja skirt with black lace trim and a gold and coral necklace.
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Village of the Barbagia di Ollolai with the estire ’e isposa bridal dress: beige brocade palettas bodice, violet velvet zippone and wide-flounced este skirt; festive men’s costume with red orbace zippone.
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A village in the Barbagia di Belvì, known for the women’s black brocade palettas, the red orbace abrazzeddu skirt and the men’s red zippone trimmed with black velvet.
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Women’s costume from the Baronia with purple velvet jacket, ornamental chest band, long skirt with golden fringe and floral head scarf.
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Wedding dress with a triangular white tulle veil, embroidered floral satin bodice, violet velvet jacket and a red cloth skirt with black lace trim.
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Capital of the Ogliastra: violet satin scuffiotti bonnet, camisa with putanias lace, black bordeaux gipponi jacket and patterned satin fardetta skirt. Gold filigree jewellery.
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Wedding dress with beige silk headscarf, yellow polychrome floral brocade bodice, black patterned satin jacket and black silk skirt with a bordeaux damask apron.
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Festive women’s dress from the Sulcis featuring a magenta silk satin jacket, hazelnut brocaded cotton skirt pleated a frungia and a black tulle apron with velvet flowers.
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Costume of the Planargia featuring a short red jacket with purple trim and cape, black skirt with red damask hem band and black cape lined with damask.
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Ogliastra costume with a shimmering gold damask satin gipponi jacket, fully pleated fardetta skirt and black antalena apron; men’s dress with raga niedda skirt and cambales gaiters in orbace.
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A Marmilla village with a dark brown pleated skirt, purple brocade apron and black shawl embroidered with colourful flowers.
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Two variants of the women’s dress: a dark bordeaux floral headscarf with white blouse and black brocade skirt; or an austere all-black variant with buttoned bodice and pleated skirt.
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A Marmilla village with a purple broccatello bodice, brown cloth skirt and brown damask satin apron with black bands; men’s costume features an orbace cropettu waistcoat and black cratzonis de arroda.
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A Barigadu village whose dress features a brown figured-cotton zippone a coedda with green brocade pettorina; men’s costume with a hooded black gabbanella with velvet trims, orbace ragas and cloth mesas cartzas gaiters.
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An Ogliastra village whose bridal dress, Estiri 'e colori, features a red manteddu fastened by sa ganceria 'e pratta, a brown velvet gipponi and a wine-red unnedda; men’s dress with a black velvet gipponi and orbace carsoneddu de ginsu.
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A Campidano di Oristano village: the bridal dress features a blue brocade bodice with golden and lilac floral motifs, a red cotton skirt and a violet silk apron; men’s dress includes the tubular sa berritta cap, the hooded su gabbanu coat and the pleated is cratzonis de arroba.
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A Logudoro costume: the woman wears a violet velvet corittu with silver filigree buttons and a blue damask silk apron; the man the tubular berritta cap and a black orbace coat.
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Ogliastra formal costume: dark su pannucciu veil with silk fringe, red su cippone bolero with cream brocade puffed sleeves, black orbace skirt with embroidered hem, and black satin apron.
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White tulle veil and red woollen shoulder cover for the festive women’s dress; the men’s costume features a red double-breasted waistcoat and black woollen footwear.
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A village in the Blue Zone of centenarians in the Ogliastra, with a precious bridal dress that bears witness to the ancient local art of weaving.
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A village at the foot of Monte Arcosu, with a purple brocade bodice for the woman and an orbace jacket for the man.
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A village in the Anglona overlooking the Gulf of Asinara, with silk shawls patterned with purple flowers and gold filigree jewelry.
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A village in the Iglesiente with a hand-embroidered black shawl for the woman and a hooded coat for the man.
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A village in the Gallura with a hand-embroidered shawl and velvet jacket for the bride.
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A village in the Alta Marmilla with a rich traditional costume: the brown muncadori headscarf, broccatello waistcoat and red-and-blue striped gunnedda skirt.
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A Campidano municipality with a burgundy headscarf, white shawl, burgundy skirt and vertically striped red underskirt. Men's dress features the black berritta and white breeches.
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A village of the Ogliastra, province of Nuoro: su turbanti in red cloth, silver filigree gancios de frenu and a purple su gippone among the hallmarks of the women’s dress.
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Black headscarf with polychrome floral embroidery, blue velvet bodice with red ribbon and silver filigree, layered skirt in midnight blue velvet and burgundy damask.
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Blue and white silk headdress, bordeaux brocade corset (gippone) over a white lace blouse, pleated skirt (fardetta) with black silk or lace apron (ventaliccu).
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The dress of Villanova Monteleone is distinguished by its embroidered white veil, the red jacket su corittu and the red skirt sa unnedda with a white tulle apron.
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Vinaccia embroidered tibet sciallu, pink broccatello cossu and red and blue striped unnedda in the festive women’s dress; berritta, black cropettu and bragas in the men’s dress.
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Embroidered brocade corset, pleated silk skirt trimmed with velvet, velvet apron and hand-embroidered silk kerchief (su muncadori de seda).
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Blue brocade bodice with black beads, pleated mustard skirt with black velvet ribbons, brown printed cotton muccadori edged with green and violet satin ribbons.
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Red satin scoffia, white mantiglia with blue border, black damask gipponi with green floral motifs and black brocade fantaliccu in the festive women’s dress.
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Bridal dress with red pannisceddu ‘e trogai headscarf, black and violet silk sciallu with fringes, violet brocade cossu with silver chain and violet silk gipponi with green passementerie.
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Costume with a sky-blue polychrome floral brocatelle cossu, black satin gipponi with blue floral motifs, blue-striped gunnedda with velvet trim and black deventali with gold braid.
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Violet costume with brocade cossu, brown istola with gold border and gunnedda in damask with gold floral motifs and red stripes.
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Costume of the Campidano di Cagliari with bordeaux trubanti in printed wool, green brocade cossu with gold thread, and violet davantagliu in figured silk.
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Everyday dress from the Campidano di Cagliari with a patterned silk shawl with blue floral motifs on a black ground, a violet brocade bodice, and a brown wool crêpe skirt.
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Costume of the Marmilla with red cotton trubanti, brown silk muccadori ‘e seda, yellow brocade imbustu and violet figured-silk panneddu.
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Village in the Campidano di Oristano with a women’s costume in patterned silk and velvet: red trubanti, beige silk and brown cotton muccadori, black cosso bodice and gunnedda skirt.
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Village in the Campidano di Oristano with a festive women’s dress in brocade, silk and lace: drucheu and muncadori headdress, polychrome brocade imbustu bodice, and black lace panneddu apron.
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