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Folklore in Montalcino

There are some interestring events, but the most important are the Sagra del Tordo and the Apertura delle Cacce ( Shooting Open).

The date of these events are : for the Apertura, the second Sunday of August and for the Sagra, the last Sunday of October.
These 2 dates define the times when hunting begins and the moment when hunting is more rich in the seasons.

4 quartieri (neighbourhoods) partecipate to this event :
Borghetto, Pianello, Ruga and Travaglio challenged each other to archery. There are 2 archers for each team and they must hunting wid boar shapes to distances ever longer. Each archer has 4 series of 5 arrows, and the couple who makes more points, win !

Other important events are :

The honey's week in the first week-end of September
The literary Cinelli-Colombini Award in the last Sunday of September

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