A delegation representing Sardinia
has taken part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony opening the week
dedicated to the Region inside the Italy Pavilion at Expo 2025
Osaka.
The mission, with the coordination of the regional business
council, is aimed at promoting Sardinia’s identity and heritage
while showcasing the contribution provided by the island to the
global debate on the future of society, the environment and
technology.
Such a representation has the objective of exploring and
presenting the interconnection between an age-old traditional
culture and technological innovation pursuing sustainability and
digitalization.
Sardinia’s craftsmanship will be the protagonist of the
pavilion’s niches, starting with handcrafted filigree jewellery.
The filigree technique is a complex form of metalwork which
remains today the most widely used by goldsmiths on the island,
lending a precise identity to local productions.
Great attention has also been devoted to knives produced
locally, which are known all over the world – refined products
that have caught the attention of the public in Japan, a country
that shares this tradition.
Craftsmanship will also be the protagonist of a talk – ‘Sardinia
Island of Craftsmanship’ – organized by the regional tourism,
craftsmanship and trade council.
The pavilion’s niches will showcase ceramics, Neolithic-style
clay productions representing female rounded shapes that also
feature in pottery, traditional textile and wooden objects
crafted following techniques of great cultural value.
Last but not least, the art of making fresh pasta, a regional
excellence, will be explained to the universal exhibition’s
visitors throughout the week dedicated to Sardinia in one of the
niche areas.
Famous pasta specialties include the ‘culurgiones’, typical
ravioli from the Barbagia and Gallura areas, which are made with
a filling of potatoes, cheese, mint and, sometimes, meat.
Moreover, the area around the Italy Pavilion will feature two
copies of the Giants of Mont’e Prama, ancient stone figures from
the Bronze-age Nuragic civilization that were discovered in the
region in the early 1970s.
The Giants will also be the protagonists of the event ‘Nuragic
Civilization. The Giants of Mont’e Prama and the archaeological
park of Sinis’, organized by the Foundation Mont’e Prama in
cooperation with the Regional Centre of Planning and the Council
of education, cultural heritage, information, performing arts
and sports.
Food and wine will be at the centre of two events showcasing
these regional assets – ‘Sardinia: the millennial art of cheese’
and ‘The Sardinia of wine meets Japan’.
Another initiative will focus on the campaign to include in the
UNESCO World Heritage List the serial site ‘Art and Architecture
in the Prehistory of Sardinia. The Domus de Janas’, also known
as fairy houses, including some 3,500 tombs dating back to the
Neolithic and Copper Ages scattered across the island.
And the Region will not only be showcasing these examples of
excellence.
The event ‘A territory of science’, organized by the National
Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN), in cooperation with the
Regional Planning Centre, will present ET, the future European
research infrastructure for gravitational wave detection, which
Italy is offering to host in Sardinia.
Finally, plenty of culture, art and music will be at the centre
of daily performances set to run from 6 to 6:30 pm at the
theatre of the Italy Pavilion.
Among events, visitors will be able to enjoy the ‘Fanta Folk
Concert’, as well as the ‘Polyphony of Stones’, a musical
performance with Enzo Favata & Tenores di bitti ‘Mialinu Pira’,
and the event ‘Le Maschere del Carnevale di Ottana’ (the masks
of Ottana’s Carnival).
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