The Immaculate Conception is a dogma of the Catholic Church, proclaimed by Pope Pius IX on December 8, 1854, which states that the Virgin Mary was preserved from original sin from the first moment of her conception.
In Sardinia, the related holiday is named with expressions corresponding to the type Sa die 'e sa Purissima. In the traditional Sardinian agro-pastoral horizon, during this day it was considered a tacit precept to suspend all work activity. Otherwise, the punishment would have been the loss of horns in working animals, a serious impairment because the presence of horns was essential to secure the untamed oxen in the fold by means of special leather straps (loros), used since the training phase to guide the movements of the couple of yoked animals.
In Alghero, the city's main church, Santa Maria, is dedicated to the Immaculate Virgin. Here on December 8, after the religious service, a suggestive procession takes place to the port, where the statue of the Immaculate Virgin is located, placed there to protect anyone who takes the sea route. The simulacrum pays homage to a wreath of flowers, as happens in Sassari, where on December 8 the fire brigade placed a flower basket on the head of the statue of the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus, in Piazza Mazzotti. Also in Cagliari, on the same holiday, a tribute is paid to the statue of the Immaculate Conception, located in Piazza del Carmine, created in 1882 by the sculptor Luigi Guglielmi and placed on a high base designed by the engineer Giovanni Onnis. The air movements, due to the bombing of 1943, involved a rotation of about 45°, which is still visible today.
Recall that in Cagliari the cult for the Immaculate Virgin is very heartfelt, so much so that she became the patron saint of the University of Cagliari with the Marian effigy present at the center of the academic coat of arms.
In Oliena it is still a tradition to kill on mannale (the domestic pig) for Sa Purìscima. Due to the lack of cold rooms throughout the island, a cold day was chosen precisely to make operations related to the slaughter of the animal and the treatment of its meat favorable.
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