Although no longer with the fervor of the past, when the feast of the patron saint was the main event of the year, even today every town celebrates that anniversary with now almost everywhere standardized feasts that generally involve a colorful street market, a charity raffle, a festival dedicated to some more or less local gastronomic specialty and the inevitable evening country dance, ennobled by cultural initiatives such as impromptu painting exhibitions or sports events such as bowls competitions or eco-friendly foot races.

Rich in sounds, colors and life, the patronal feasts reproduce the serene simple joy of being together with country people.

The other significant event in the villages is the fair, where still survives, though increasingly rare, the colorful figure of the barker, who, as the last epigone of the “commedia dell'arte”, between a "Boy, let me work" and a "We're not here out of need, because thank God of that we have in abundance", attracts and entertains the crowd inducing it to purchase the merchandise. 

Today, unfortunately, the fixed price tags have replaced the fascination of bargaining that was the real spirit of the fair, but still remains the genuine colorful folklore of the stalls on which you will invariably find something to buy.