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Art & Crafts

The craftsmanship is quite widespread also Tortolì. The main items produced by local artisans are carpets, tapestries, baskets of various sizes and materials, as well as costumes of different kinds.

And all these works are produced dettagliamene hand, such as straw and reed woven baskets made carefully.

Other works by local weavers are the famous blankets, embroidered in any way, and various tissues (mainly wool), as the covers of yore.

Other artisans produce the saddlebags instead of Talana (a small town near) and Bertuli, containers woven with goat hair.

The weavers of costumes, however, are a very important figure especially during the feast of the patron saints of the country where women parade with colorful costumes handmade with ancient looms.

In terms of art in the country has opened an exhibition of contemporary artworks directly placed in the streets of the village, in the open. The title of this exhibition is "On Logu de S'Iscultura," or literally "the place of sculpture."

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