One hundred and twenty years ago, Cagliari took to the streets to protest rising prices. It was a popular uprising that came at a high price: two deaths and over seven hundred arrests. Now, over a century later, the city council is commemorating May 14, 1906, with a series of cultural events, including conferences and music.

The initiative, organized by the municipal Department of Culture, in collaboration with the University of Cagliari, the Cagliari Conservatory, and the Italian Railway Network, and with the contribution of the Fondazione di Sardegna, was presented at Palazzo Bacaredda.

Initiatives kick off on May 14th with the conference "Bread and Rifles: Between Protest and Repression. The Cagliari May of 1906," hosted in the Aula Magna of the Rectorate starting at 10:30 a.m.

The Conservatory has announced a music contest offering the opportunity to submit a composition that recalls and evokes the songs of the cigar makers, among the protagonists of the revolt. The winners, selected by a special committee, will receive not only a cash prize but also the opportunity to perform their composition to the public at the awards ceremony scheduled for October 2nd at the Conservatory.

On May 15th, at 10:30 a.m., the steps leading from Viale Regina Margherita to Via Roma will be named after the Cigarette Makers of the Manifattura Tabacchi . After the ceremony, at 11 a.m., a commemorative plaque will be unveiled at the train station at the site where two young workers were killed during the protests.

At 11:30 a.m. in the courtyard of Palazzo Bacaredda, writer Francesco Abate will be the protagonist of a historical narration retracing the events of May 1906. "We are keen," said Councilor for Culture Maria Francesca Chiappe during the presentation of the initiatives, "to invite the descendants of the cigar makers to all our events, but especially to the naming of the steps, so they can tell us their stories."

(Unioneonline)

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