Corsa degli Scalzi in Cabras

August 31-September 1, 2024. Reenactment of the attack of the Moors

On August 31st and September 1st, 2024, is taking place in Cabras, located at the Sinis peninsula (on the West Coast of Sardinia) the Corsa degli Scalzi (barefoot race), a popular religious festival

The Corsa degli Scalzi is a reenactment of the rescue of Saint Salvatore’s statue from the attack of the Moors.
It is said that in 1619 the men of the town, who were fighting against the invaders, ask to a group of women to bring the statue of the patron saint  from Cabras to the village of San Salvatore di Sinis, to protect it from the Moors attacks.
The women, who were running barefoot, successfully did their mission and saved the statue.

On Saturday a group of young people, without shoes and wearing a white tunic of the penitents, Is Curridoris (runners), take the wooden statue of Saint Salvatore to bring it, barefoot and with a race 7 km long through the dirt road of Sinis, and then return to the church of Saint Salvatore in Sinis in the village of “muristenes”, the typical temorary country houses in Sardinia.

On Sunday the procession going to the village occurs, followed by the women wearing the typical costume of Cabras and by the sound of the traditional “launeddas” and accordion.
At the dawn the runners bring the statue of Saint Salvatore back to the church of Santa Maria Assunta in Cabras.

The ritual of the barefoot race is also considered a good omen for the harvest, abundance of fish in Cabras pond and sheeps’ fertility.

The celebrations continue with traditional Sardinian music, labs for children, exhibitions, fireworks…

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Municipality of Cabras
Tel. +39 0783 3971

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