Folk Group

Our videos

BALLU DE SA GRUXI - Trasmissione Anninnora SARDEGNA UNO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxiB3ic3EKo
Who we are

Who we are

The folk group “Pro Loco Uta” was set up on 1992 with the name “Città of Uta” (city of Uta) by some people joined by the will and the wish to safeguard the survival of same forms of Sardinian folk expression. It was added to the folk local gr...
Members

Members

The members of the folkloric group of Uta are: Men Women Carrucciu Gerolamo Beneventi Tiziana Schirru Giovanni Casula Emanuela Firinu Maurizio Congiu Bernadetta Floris Giovanni Flumini Maria Grazia Massa Manuel Fozzi Patrizia Massa...
Our dances

Our dances

The dance’s repertory The folk group “pro Loco Uta” is in the habit of proposing, during its performances, the characteristic dances of its town and of the zone of Cagliari’s Campidano. The “ballo campidanese” refers to an homogeneous artistic ar...

Sources of dance in Sardinia

In Sardinia dance is acknowledge as one of the most important and richest in meaning expressions of Sardinian tradition. It has always been of primary importance to the point that, in ancient times, it was not considered just a moment of games and entertainment,...
Our dresses

Our dresses

Male dress Female dress Since 2002, the Folk Group Pro Loco Uta has started a work of reorganization and research in order to restore the traditional dress of the town. They eliminated every frivolous and useless transformation...

Female dress

The traditional dress is composed by: Su muccadóri  (handkerchief) it is a silk handkerchief of various colours that is carefully adjusted on the head. The hairs, in their turn, are put in a big cotton handkerchief, arranged as a turban. Su muccadóri ma...

Men dress

The traditional suit is composed by: Sa berrìta  (sack cap) it is the Sardinian headgear par excellence. It has a truncated cone shape and can vary from 50 to 100 cm, and it is made of orbace of wool or cloth, prevalently black. Su muccadóri ...
The instruments

The instruments

The launeddas The launeddas are the most ancient and original wind instrument of Sardinian musical tradition (in particular, they are part of the musical repertory of Cagliari’s Campidano).They are formed by three pipes (2 tied and one loose) o...
Adamo Billai

Adamo Billai

Among the best players of the launeddas has to be remembered one of the most famous: Adamo Billai; he born in Uta in 1872 (1872 – 1966). Adamo Billai participated to a lot of shows, offering his great contribution as player.Giovanni Locci (San Vito 1...