Autunno in Barbagia – Cortes Apertas

In Barbagia, there’s a yearly event during the Autumn called Autumn in Barbagia – Cortes Apertas the meaning is: the doors are open. During these period in some villages local people open their homes and courtyard and demonstrate the making of traditional foods, the manufacture of iron, woodworking, ceramic processing. Food, and the hospitality associated with sharing it, is integral to the way of life. Following a way of life unchanged for centuries, the women bake bread and sweets, and the men milk their sheep before breakfast.