Date: Thursday, February 18, 2016

Hours: 6:00 p.m.

Site: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - 500 N Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611

Organized by: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago
Historian and researcher at the University of Auckland, Dr. Alberto Cauli, will present a lecture on "Sa Sartiglia," a medieval equestrian tournament, which takes place every year in Oristano (Sardinia, Italy) on the last Sunday and Tuesday of Carnival

A Medieval equestrian tournament called "Sa Sartiglia" takes place every year in Oristano (Sardinia, Italy) on the last Sunday and Tuesday of Carnival and it is regarded as one of the most fascinating and old Italian Carnival traditions. Sa Sartiglia has its own leader "Su Componidori" and over hundred of riders dressed in colorful traditional Sardinian costumes who wearing a mask try to pierce with a sword a silver star hung along the way in the heart of Oristano old town. Its origin is dated back to the Spanish domination of Sardinia around 1546. Two Guilds of "the peasants" and "the carpenters" organize Sa Sartiglia but only Su Componidori decides which riders can run in the attempt to pierce the star.

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Source: http://www.iicchicago.esteri.it/