Feast of Saint Mark

The Feast of Saint Mark commemorates Mark the Evangelist and takes place on April 25.
==Local observances==
In Tresnuraghes, a small village in the Sardinian region of Italy holds a traditional Sardinian feast, the most important one, which is a time of excess consumption that helps solidify the social community. Local shepherd families in this predominantly pastoral community offer sheep and oversee cooking them in a gesture of thanks to Providence. Other families offer bread as thanksgiving or for favors desired. Hundreds of people, mostly from Tresnuraghesi, but a large number of outsiders as well, eat and drink to satiation together.Counihan, Carole. The Anthropology of Food and Body. Page 39.
In Venice, St.Mark is the city's saint patron, and the 25th of April is a city holiday. 
The 25th of April is national holiday throughout Italy, though not as St.Mark's Day, but as anniversary of the liberation of Italy from the Nazi-Fascists in WWII (25 April 1945).
==See also==
*Saints days
==External links==
*LITHUANIAN CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
==References==
Category:Cities and towns in Sardinia
Mark, Feast Of Saint
Category:Christian festivals and holy days
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