#merdules

[sardegnagioielli]

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[philoursmars]

Carnaval !

Une assez longue série sur une expo du MuCEM, à Marseille : "le monde à l'Envers"

merdule et boe (Sardaigne)

homme-arbre et homme-maïs (Cantabrie)

bonhomme de paille (Bourgogne)

ours (Arles-sur-Tech, Pyrénées ariégeoises)

krampus (Autriche)

chapeaux de printemps

[joeinct]

Sos Merdules, Ottana, Sardinia from The Islanders, Photo © Alys Tomlinson

[ortodelmondo]

Sos Merdules, Ottana, Sardinia © Alys Tomlinson

[industrial-horror]

Sa prima essia. Ottana. Sos Boes e Sos Merdules.

[sardegnatoujours]

[fourcolorsportphoto]

Fourcolorsport pagani Photo: Su Boes e su Merdules by miccontart Artisanal wooden masks made for the traditional Sardinian carnival

[yinza]

Sketch for @ria-the-camel of the boes e merdules carnival of Ottana, Italy. I really dig the masks they wear.

[lanuovasardegna]

Una delle due maschere di Ottana, su merdule, davanti al fuoco di Sant’Antonio. Questa foto è di Morena Verdi @morena_verdi Mostrate la bellezza dei vostri territori, della natura, delle tradizioni e dei luoghi storici usando l'hashtag #lanuovasardegna. Le foto più belle (possibilmente quadrate o verticali) e i video più spettacolari verranno pubblicati sul nostro profilo Instagram @lanuovasardegna e rilanciati su Facebook, Twitter e Tumblr. Mentre due o tre foto al giorno troveranno spazio anche sul giornale di carta nella pagina dedicata ai social #sardinia #sardegna #ottana #santantonio #fuocodisantantonio #merdule (presso Ottana) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs2aoOMHz1H/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=y9fdxklucefp

[philoursmars]

Retour à mon projet de présenter la plupart de mes 53880 photos (nouveau compte approximatif !)

2014. Marseille au printemps. Au MuCEM, une très belle expo sur le carnaval : “Un Monde à l’Envers”:

- l'Homme aux dents de haricot (Turquie)

- merdule et boe (Sardaigne)

- krampus (Autriche)

- ours (Arles-sur-Tech, Ariège)

- bonhomme de paille (Bourgogne)...et son épi !

- homme-arbre et homme-maïs (Cantabrie)

- klaubauf (Autriche)

[yummyummy-404]

Boes e Merdules by CarloMarrasPhotography Performing Arts

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Alys Tomlinson | from new book "Gli Isolani" (The Islanders) available @gost_books

Merdules, Ottana, Sardinia

@alystomlinson

@gost_books

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

I just saw this thread on Twitter on the photography of Charles Fréger, who travelled all across Europe in order to capture all the traditional pagan-rooted festivals with strange figures, vegetation spirits, wild men and monstrous creatures. As an Ancient Historian, I've always been fascinating with the pre-Roman cultures of the continent, and festivals like these ones give us a glimpse of how could've been religion, culture and thinking during the Bronze Age and early Iron Age.

He compiled all of these wild men in his book Wilder Mann, you can find the complete gallery here. Here are some of those creatures, below I'll add what each represent and a bit of geographic info.

1. Hombre de Musgo, from Béjar, a town in the province of Salamanca (Castile and León).

2. Babugeri / Kukeri, from Bulgaria.

3. Strohmann, from Empfingen, a town in the district of Freudenstadt (Baden-Württemberg).

4. Arapides, from Nikissiani, a town in the regional unit of Kavala (East Macedonia and Thrace).

5. Momotxorro, from Altsasu, a town in the autonomous community of Navarre (Spain).

6. Caretos de Ousilhão, from Ousilhão, a town in the municipality of Vinhais (Bragança).

7. Nuutti Pukki, from Finland.

8. Merdule, from Ottana, a town in the province of Nuoro (Sardinia).

9. Tschäggättä, from Lötschental, a valley in the canton of Valais (Switzerland).

10. Survakari, from the Pernik region (Bulgaria).

[thoughtsaboutboys]

Matteo Carta

Flames

A Boe during the celebration for "Sant'Anthony's Fire", which marks the beginning of the Carnival's celebration. "The Boes e Merdules", traditional masks from Ottana, are some of the most distinguished Sardinian masks and they represent the relationship between the Ox and its herder.

[route-rocks]

Young Merdule by matteocartaphoto

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