The day after April 25, the national holiday marking the liberation of Italy from the Nazi occupation, an unusual episode attracted enough attention to make the national news.
In Nuragus, a town on the island of Sardinia, the festival committee for Saint Elia, the patron saint of shepherds, realized that there was not enough money to pay for the scheduled talent; the recession has hit Sardinia just like the rest of Italy and the usual fund-raising activities did not reach the planned goal. Instead of renouncing the celebration, the committee asked one of the scheduled performers, Gigi Sanna, a shepherd and member of the band Istentales, to accept sheep as partial payment: eight females and a ram, all from a local breed.
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The day after April 25, the national holiday marking the liberation of Italy from the Nazi occupation, an unusual episode attracted enough attention to make the national news.
In Nuragus, a town on the island of Sardinia, the festival committee for Saint Elia, the patron saint of shepherds, realized that there was not enough money to pay for the scheduled talent; the recession has hit Sardinia just like the rest of Italy and the usual fund-raising activities did not reach the planned goal. Instead of renouncing the celebration, the committee asked one of the scheduled performers, Gigi Sanna, a shepherd and member of the band Istentales, to accept sheep as partial payment: eight females and a ram, all from a local breed.
Access the rest of the article on HuffPost here
The day after April 25, the national holiday marking the liberation of Italy from the Nazi occupation, an unusual episode attracted enough attention to make the national news.
In Nuragus, a town on the island of Sardinia, the festival committee for Saint Elia, the patron saint of shepherds, realized that there was not enough money to pay for the scheduled talent; the recession has hit Sardinia just like the rest of Italy and the usual fund-raising activities did not reach the planned goal. Instead of renouncing the celebration, the committee asked one of the scheduled performers, Gigi Sanna, a shepherd and member of the band Istentales, to accept sheep as partial payment: eight females and a ram, all from a local breed.
Access the rest of the article on HuffPost here