Nuragus is a little village in the centre of Sardinia situated on the slopes of the Giara. It is to be considered the old roman town of Valentia, a necropolis near the village that the legend tells that is was destroyed by the gest and frequent barbarian invasion. The most important economic sources are sheep rearing and agriculture, and it is exacly from this traditions that the origin of the "Nuraghese" costume descended. The clothes used for this costume are cotton, wollen cloth, rough wollen cloth, linen. The first two were imported, rough wollen cloth and linen were spinned and weaved manually by the women of the village to be afterwards dyed through the steeping of the indigenous trees.


- Head gear - (berrita a dus fundus)
In wollen cloth or rough wollen cloth that was rolled up or folded
on the head in different shapes according to the social status of
the owner. On the head gear was also used a pocket triangular
refolded handkerchief that formed the so-called "Trubanti".
- Shirt - (Sa camisa)
In cotton or linen cloth with closely woven pleating and finely
embroidered files, closed in the neck with classic golden or silver buttons.
-Waistcoat - (Su cropettu)
In velvet rough wollen cloth or black wollen cloth, with lateral pockets
and neckline made round in front, with double breasted and lateral closing, watermarked silver buttons and old coins as buttons.
- Trousers- (Is Cratzonis de arroda)
In rogh wollen cloth or black wollen cloth. The pleeting is simmetrically
arranged towards the centre either in the front part or in the back part with
superior embroidering "sancotta" which holds the placats well firm.
- Trousers - (Is cratzonis de tela)
In cotton or linen cloth quite large which are put in the thigh boots.
- Thigh boots - (Is cratzas)
In rough wollen cloth or black wollen cloth with stiched velvet lapel in the
knee and velvet arch support.
- Belt - (Sa brentera)
In leather, the belt covers the point of meeting between the short skirt
and the waistcoat. The belt is large in front with two lateral pockets sewed
and carved centrally and in the pockets, more thin in the back.

  

 

- Head gear - (Muncadori e conca)
In silk smooth cloth with floreal coloured decoration.
- Head gear - (Muncadori mannu)
In cotton or tibet with brown background and floreal decoration.
- Head gear - (Su sciallu)
Particularly used in winter months made of cottons or silk with floreal
decoration, finely embroidered, they used to use it refolded as a triangle making a second double lateral pleat which framed the face.
- Blouse - (Sa camisa)
In cotton or linen cloth it is a large petticoat of a white colour, with finely embroidered files or crochet worked on the front part, closed on the breast
by the classic golden or watermarked silver bottons, the only jewels of this costume.
- Waistcoat - (Pallixeddasa o Cropettu)
Women used to use it over the blouse and it is holded closed in the waist by metal hooks and a twist string. The clothes made of silk brocade or "lampasso" silk and trimmed cotton with coloured cloth, cover interely the base. The most used colours are blue with roses and red with floreal design.
- Skirt - (Sa unnedda)
Made up of different clothes, the skirt has a cylindrical shape. It is long till the ankle. One of these it's in silk with floreal design and a large flounce of smooth withe cloth. Another one is more thin and made of a smooth purple cloth with two velvet ribbons. Another one is in black "Callancą" with golden little floreal design and the application of a velvet little ribbon. The accurate folding, normally saves the front central panel, puts the pleets symmetrically towards the central black part of the garment. In the background are applied two paralled velvet silk ribbons.
- Apron - (Su deventalli)
Worked in silk with applied pocket which covers the front of the skirt. The other one is in black tibet with floreal design embroidered by hand.