Saturday, September 13, 2008

Traditional Sardinian clothing


Women wearing traditional costumes of the Mediterranean island of Sardinia wait for the open-air mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI in front of the shrine of the Madonna di Bonaria at Cagliari, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Pope Benedict XVI is currently spending a one-day visit to Sardinia. (AP/PIER PAOLO CITO)

A pilgrim dressed with traditional clothes attends an open Mass in front of the "Basilica of Bonaria" during a visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the Sardinian town of Cagliari, on September 7, 2008. (AFP/Getty)

Giulia Piras, 16, left, next to Fabrizia Zedda, 16, adjusts her traditional costume of the Mediterranean Island of Sardinia, as she waits for the open-air mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI in front of the shrine of the Madonna di Bonaria at Cagliari, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2008. Pope Benedict XVI is currently spending a one-day visit to Sardinia. (AP/PIER PAOLO CITO)

A woman wearing a traditional Sardinian costume prays as Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a Mass during a Pastoral visit in the Sardinian town of Cagliari September 7, 2008. Pope Benedict said he was praying for the people of Haiti, which has been struck by three successive storms, and hoped enough aid would arrive there. (Reuters)