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Oristano, in brief.

Sa Sartiglia equestrian joust.

A handsome provincial town on the central west coast, near the wetlands and the ruins of Tharros.

Each Carnival it stages Sa Sartiglia, a masked equestrian joust in which costumed riders charge at a hanging star at full gallop.

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