Saint Piran's Day parades take place across Cornwall
Events are happening across the Duchy, including in Truro, Penzance and Redruth
Parades and events are being held across the Duchy to mark St Piran's Day.
St Piran's, also known as the Feast of Piran, takes place on Sunday 5 March - and towns across Cornwall will be celebrating today ahead of the National Day.
Events, pasty making, live music and parades are being held in many places including Truro, Penzance and Redruth.
Bert Biscoe, Chair of the Truro Old Cornwall Society, said: "People are quite excited, the thing about St Piran's Day is it is the big celebration of Cornish identity and culture and its place in the world.
"I always look on St Piran's Day as being the first day of Spring, you open the door, and bam, it's Spring. People do seem to come to have a good time which is great but with these sort of ideas of inclusiveness and caring to underline the great time everybody is having.
"We will have a brass band playing this march, the first time it's hit the streets really. Bring plenty of tartan, bring plenty of flags and prepare for a good time".
This year, Truro's event will also have a special visit from the Mexican Ambassador.
Bert added: "She's coming to join us to parade. She says the 'values that St Piran's represent, inclusiveness, care, foregiveness are really close to the ambassadors heart as well as the people she protects'. It's a bit of an international parade.
"The ambassador is keen, if there are any Mexican people living in Cornwall, if they come along to St George's Road at 1pm she'd be delighted to see them".
Why do we celebrate St Piran?
St Piran's Day, or 'Gool Peran' in Cornish, is the National Day of our patron saint Piran and celebrates the Cornish community, identity and culture.
Each year - the day is marked on 5 March - and events usually take place in towns across Cornwall on the nearest Saturday.
You can read more about the history of St Piran's Day here.