On the day of Saint Anthony, the saint protector of animals and fire, the men of the village transform to become Mamuthones and Issohadores. Complementing one another like yin is to yang ...

Another set of characters called Issohadores (literally, rope-bearers) march along with the Mamuthones, slinging lassos. The Issohadores wear a different mask—blankly white and unsmiling.

There will be space for the popular traditions of Sardinia at the Expo, inaugurated on April 13, and which will continue until October 13 in Osaka, Japan, which has already hosted this event in 1970.

The Japanese stage of the Boes and Merdules of Ottana and the Mamuthones and Issohadores of Mamoiada officially began yesterday. On Friday they will parade at the Expo in Osaka, on the occasion of ...

Folk group Villanova from the city of Cagliari set the rhythm of the night, while the masked performers of Mamuthones and Issohadores infused the pavilion with wonder. Mamuthones and Issohadores ...

No one dares to speak as smoke from a massive bonfire billows and twirls into a thick haze in the remote mountain town of Mamoiada. Flaming logs crack open, echoing through central Sardinia’s ...

the Issohadores, skip among them in their red waistcoats and bell-bandoliers, lassoing unsuspecting spectators. The origins of these bizarre and terrifying creatures can only be guessed at; it seems ...