Sagra (festival)

Sagra (plural: sagre ) is the Italian word for the church festival. These mostly over several days, often associated with a pilgrimage festivals usually carry the name of the saint or of the place or the church (eg, San Mauro Sorgono ) and have a long tradition, some with Equestrian Games as the Palio, or S ' Ardia is connected.

Today, however, Sagra also commonly referred a folk festival which is dedicated to a regional agricultural product or a gastronomic specialty (eg regional pastas, olive oil, wine, typically these festivals are then called Wine Festival - Festival of Grapes, Sagra della castagna - feast of the chestnut, Sagra del cinghiale - Feast of wild boar, etc.). Many of these festivals are re-emerged in recent years, and not necessarily connected to a fair. Operators are often parishes or associations, which generate the Sagre money for their work.

Probably the most colorful by their costume parades and with hundreds of participants ( and many thousands of spectators ) Sagre largest find in Sardinia instead:

• Sagra di San Efisio in Cagliari on May 1
• Cavalcata Sarda in Sassari on Ascension
• Sagra del Redentore in Nuoro on the last Sunday in August

The celebrations in honor of Saint Antonio Abate on 17 January ( they are often postponed to the following weekend and are characterized by their giant fire - fugurone su - known) are held in many places in Sardinia and belong because they take place outside of the tourism season, to those of the major events that have received the best original character.

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