The Hunting Districts of Friuli Venezia Giulia organize, on Saturday 26 November 2011, the Feast of San'Uberto, patron saint of hunting, dedicated precisely to hunting, rurality and traditions and rurality.
In celebrations, part of the "Friulian Autumn" program is a series of events organized by the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, in particular by the Central Directorate for Rural, Agri-food and Forest Resources, in collaboration with ERSA, the Regional Agency for Rural Development and with the Municipality of San Daniele in the Province of Udine.
The start of the celebrations for Sant'Uberto will begin in the morning with guided tours for school groups at the "Chiesa della Fratta" and in the "Council Chamber of the Municipality" where various dioramas will be set up reproducing the different environmental and wildlife contexts of the Friulian territory including high plains and hills.
In the afternoon, an exhibition will open at the Municipality on the theme of Nature and Friuli rurality, while in the Church of San Antonio you will be able to listen to the chorus of Slovenian hunters "Doberdò". The mass in honor of Sant'Uberto will take place at the Cathedral accompanied by the players of hunting horns from the Valcanale.
During the event, the public will be able to taste a selection of the best wines of the regional tradition at the Teobaldo Ciconi Theater thanks to the participation of the Italian Sommeliers Association; in the same context, some maxi bottles of the wines finalists at the “Friulano & Friends” will be sold with a charity auction.
All the hunters gathered will also be offered a tasting of "San Daniele" and "Friulano" ham while the local Agri-food Associations in the historic town center will offer a tasting of typical Friulian products in the context of an exhibition of tools and techniques for the processing of dairy and meat products.
Finally, in the evening, the First dinner of the Presidents of the Hunting Districts and the Directors of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Hunting Reserves in office will be held in the Susans Castle, with which the assignment of the regional territory to the Hunting Reserves will be formalized for hunting management; during the dinner there will be musical entertainment with the participation of the Doberdò del Lago choir and the Tarvisio Hunting Horns.