-Week to promote Sardinia’s heritage, identity-

OSAKA, June 24, 2025/ANSA=Kyodo JBN/ --

A delegation representing Sardinia has taken part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony opening the week dedicated to the Region inside the Italy Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka.

The mission, with the coordination of the regional business council, is aimed at promoting Sardinia’s identity and heritage while showcasing the contribution provided by the island to the global debate on the future of society, the environment and technology.

Such a representation has the objective of exploring and presenting the interconnection between an age-old traditional culture and technological innovation pursuing sustainability and digitalization.

Sardinia’s craftsmanship will be the protagonist of the pavilion’s niches, starting with handcrafted filigree jewellery.

The filigree technique is a complex form of metalwork which remains today the most widely used by goldsmiths on the island, lending a precise identity to local productions.

Great attention has also been devoted to knives produced locally, which are known all over the world – refined products that have caught the attention of the public in Japan, a country that shares this tradition.

Craftsmanship will also be the protagonist of a talk – ‘Sardinia Island of Craftsmanship’ – organized by the regional tourism, craftsmanship and trade council.

The pavilion’s niches will showcase ceramics, Neolithic-style clay productions representing female rounded shapes that also feature in pottery, traditional textile and wooden objects crafted following techniques of great cultural value.

Last but not least, the art of making fresh pasta, a regional excellence, will be explained to the universal exhibition’s visitors throughout the week dedicated to Sardinia in one of the niche areas.

Famous pasta specialties include the ‘culurgiones’, typical ravioli from the Barbagia and Gallura areas, which are made with a filling of potatoes, cheese, mint and, sometimes, meat.

Moreover, the area around the Italy Pavilion will feature two copies of the Giants of Mont’e Prama, ancient stone figures from the Bronze-age Nuragic civilization that were discovered in the region in the early 1970s.

The Giants will also be the protagonists of the event ‘Nuragic Civilization. The Giants of Mont’e Prama and the archaeological park of Sinis’, organized by the Foundation Mont’e Prama in cooperation with the Regional Centre of Planning and the Council of education, cultural heritage, information, performing arts and sports.

Food and wine will be at the centre of two events showcasing these regional assets - ‘Sardinia: the millennial art of cheese’ and ‘The Sardinia of wine meets Japan’.

Another initiative will focus on the campaign to include in the UNESCO World Heritage List the serial site ‘Art and Architecture in the Prehistory of Sardinia. The Domus de Janas’, also known as fairy houses, including some 3,500 tombs dating back to the Neolithic and Copper Ages scattered across the island.

And the Region will not only be showcasing these examples of excellence.

The event ‘A territory of science’, organized by the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN), in cooperation with the Regional Planning Centre, will present ET, the future European research infrastructure for gravitational wave detection, which Italy is offering to host in Sardinia.

Finally, plenty of culture, art and music will be at the centre of daily performances set to run from 6 to 6:30 pm at the theatre of the Italy Pavilion.

Among events, visitors will be able to enjoy the ‘Fanta Folk Concert’, as well as the ‘Polyphony of Stones', a musical performance with Enzo Favata & Tenores di bitti 'Mialinu Pira', and the event 'Le Maschere del Carnevale di Ottana' (the masks of Ottana’s Carnival).

Source: General Commissioner’s Office of Italy for Expo 2025 Osaka