Incantos - Associazione Culturale Sarda

25/12/2025

Tantissimi auguri di Buon Natale da parte di tutti noi di Incantos, con queste bellissime immagini del Poetto di MimmoManDrone
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14/12/2025

Grazie a tutti per la partecipazione!

Un pubblico numeroso ha assistito giovedì scorso al racconto sui tesori archeologici di Cabras all'Istituto italiano di Cultura di Copenaghen. (ANSA)

13/12/2025

09/12/2025

Let's get to know Maria Giovanna Cherchi, one of our prestigious guests at the next event "Sardegna: la storia, la trama."

✨ Concert by Maria Giovanna Cherchi
6:30 PM

Voice and guitar concert by Maria Giovanna Cherchi, one of Sardinia's most authentic and intense voices.

A musical journey that unites tradition and modernity, bringing all the strength and poetry of the island to the stage, accompanied by the captivating guitar.

✨ Maria Giovanna Cherchi made her television debut at the age of 7 with a song in Sardinian. After many years of hard work, in 1995 she entered the "Una città per cantare" competition with the song "Roccas," winning first prize. This marked the beginning of her career as an ethnic singer. She recorded "Roccas," which became a widely listened to single; people began to familiarize themselves with her Sardinian singing style through television and radio. Her artistic life was dedicated to the study and promotion of Sardinian singing in all its forms.
Over the years, she recorded several albums, which garnered considerable acclaim. She duets with local and national artists and appears on important regional and national television programs. She even recorded the theme songs for some of them.
Maria Giovanna's voice is agile, elegant, and confident. Piero Marras, Paolo Pillonca, Gino Marielli, and Gabriele Oggiano have written for her.
In 2007, Maria Giovanna Cherchi was chosen to sing the Ave Maria in Sardinian inside the grotto where the Virgin Mary appeared in Lourdes. No one had ever been granted this privilege before.
She was entrusted with greeting two Popes on pastoral visits to Sardinia: in 2008, she sang the Ave Maria in Sardinian before Pope Benedict XVI, and in 2013, she welcomed Pope Francis with the most beautiful songs from Sardinia's religious tradition.
In 2012, she made her film debut in the film "Su Re" by director Giovanni Columbu, which tells the story of Jesus set in Sardinia.
The singer has performed in several concerts abroad, from Australia to Bulgaria. In 2017, she was awarded the Alziator Prize for music, and in the same year, she was also awarded the "Maria Carta" Prize for best female voice.

05/12/2025

Let's get to know Carolina Melis, one of our prestigious guests at the next event "Sardegna: la storia, la trama."

✨Meeting with director Carolina Melis and film screening
5:00-5:30 PM

✨ Film: The Flames of Nule
Italy / United Kingdom, 2010 · 7'40''
Directed by Carolina Melis
Language: English
The film tells the story of three weavers from Nule competing in a weaving competition. Anna and Rosa strive for technical perfection and meticulous design, while Maria embarks on a more intimate journey, seeking personal meaning in her creative act and creating an unexpected carpet. With a poetic style that blends live action and animation, the film explores the profound identity of weaving and its cultural roots, showcasing the relationship between innovation, memory, and the search for authentic expression of one's art.

Made with the support of ISRE

✨ Film: S'Ozzastru
Italy, 2023 · 8'29''
Directed by Carolina Melis
Language: Sardinian with subtitles
The film tells the story of Sardinia through the eyes of a thousand-year-old tree, a resilient symbol of nature and a silent guardian of the passage of time, around which—unknowingly—the lives of men and women deeply connected to its presence unfold. It is the story of s'ozzastru and the strong land that has protected it for centuries, an ancient relationship built on wind, roots, and shared memory.

In 2021, a fire devastated 28,000 hectares of land in Sardinia, erasing landscapes, destroying wild olive trees, and killing thousands of animals. A year later, the tree sprouted again: an unexpected and powerful sign, transforming it into an emblem of rebirth, resistance, and hope for an entire community.

Produced with the support of ISRE, Sardinia Film Commission, Ministry of Culture

✨ Carolina graduated at Central Saint Martins in London before starting a career in advertising. In 2005 she was signed to production company Nexus in London where she worked as Director until 2013. During that time she directed commercial projects for Save the Children, BBC, Fendi, Volkswagen, MTV, Sony PSP and Prada. Carolina also worked on the BBC3 re-brand Threeworld, which won a Brand Identity award at Eurobest 2008 and a commercial for NSPCC, which was nominated for a BTA Craft Award. Other awards include a Clio bronze for the Pashley campaign.

Beside her career in advertising she has always been engaged in personal art and design projects collaborating with artisans, manufactures, interior designers and architects. Particularly interested in textiles, she designed a range of rugs and cushions for the brand Mio Karo and series of patterns for Executive Stairs. Unique wall hangings and original pieces have been commissioned by as decòr for luxury interiors.

Her textiles and work have been featured by major international publications and are regularly exhibited in galleries and museums.

Today Carolina is the Creative Director of her own studio.

www.carolinamelis.com

03/12/2025

Here some more info about the Mont'e Prama Foundation, another important part of our next event "Sardegna: la storia, la trama".

✨ 16:00 – 17:00 – Fondazione Mont'e Prama : Guardian of the past with visions for the future

Hear about the work of Fondazione Mont'e Prama in the dissemination of the I iganti (statues found in Sardinia dating back to the 8th/9th century BC), the protection of the archaeological heritage of the Sardinian peninsula of Sinis and the cultural strategies that unite research, territory and development. About the Museo Diffuso del Sinis – Terra di Mont'e Prama and one of the most unique archaeological complexes in the Mediterranean.

✨ Presentation by:

Anthony Muroni, Chairman of Fondazione Mont'e Prama
Gian Mario Spiga, Fondazione Mont'e Prama
Viviana Pinna, Archaeologist at Fondazione Mont'e Prama
Ilaria Orri, Archaeologist at Fondazione Mont'e Prama
Nicoletta Camedda, Archaeologist at Fondazione Mont'e Prama

✨ MONT’E PRAMA FOUNDATION

The Giants of Mont’e Prama, among the oldest monumental sculptures in Europe, are a unique testament to the strength, artistry, and identity of the Nuragic civilization. Through protection, research, and cultural innovation, the Foundation is committed to preserving this heritage and advancing the Sinis Open-Air Museum – Land of Mont’e Prama, a project that interweaves landscape, archaeology, community, and contemporary culture.

https://monteprama.it/

02/12/2025

Let's get to know Eugenia Pinna, one of our prestigious guests at the next event "Sardegna: la storia, la trama".

Eugenia Pinna, textile designer from Nule (Sardinia), is trained at the Istituto Europeo di Design di Cagliari, developing a path that combines the tradition of local textiles with a contemporary aesthetic. Coming from a community historically linked to the vertical loom and all the wool processing, it reworks ancient motifs and techniques in carpets and textile panels with a modern language.

Recognized as one of the most significant figures in the Sardinian textile renewal, she carries out research based on natural materials, colors, artistic gestures and dialogue from tradition and design in her studio in Nule. www.eugeniapinna.it

✨ Weaving laboratory
9:30 – 12:00

Eugenia Pinna meets a group of Danish weavers and researchers in an informal moment of exchange and exchange

Participating guests:

Susanne Lervad – Researcher and textile terminologist at the Center for Textile Research in Copenhagen

Kathrine Vestergaard Brandstrup – Expert in historical texture and archeology of Danish textiles for the University of Copenhagen

Karin Haldrup – Danish weaver, founder of Casa/Palazzo della Lana in Roccalbegna, Tuscany

Maja Lundum – Danish textile specialist specializing in bisso and traditional fiber research

The laboratory is open to everyone prior to registration via email at [email protected]

✨ Introduction to the work of Eugenia Pinna and guided tour
17:30 – 18:00