Casu, Daniele

Born in Cabras (prov. Oristano), he lived in Pirri (now a district of Cagliari); For many years he has been a pupil of Felice Pili (at that time living in Villaputzu), who has brought in his playing a series of elements, not native to the tradition of Cabras; A very poor labourer, he earned an extra income by playing at the village festivals of Campidano d’Oristano and sometimes also in the villages of Northern Sardinia; He had a good technique, but was hampered by an injury of his left little finger, so that his playing the Mankosa manna regrettably did not correspond to normal practice; According to Dore he had the same nickname ("Fillu ’e Paui") as his brother Giovanni, with whom he has played together several times at folk-lore shows; Both have been in France and Belgium with folk-lore groups of the Sardinian tourist organisation.