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Sardinia’s ancient masked rite of mamuthones and issohadores – in pictures

From mid-January until the end of carnival, mamuthones and issohadores take to the streets of Mamoiada, in the mountainous heartland of Sardinia. This is a time when herders and farmers across the Mediterranean turn to the power of masks to cast off winter and foster the coming of spring

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© Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi

© Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi

© Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi

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