[Leica] Nathan's PAD 29/9/2019: a delightful surprise during my bike ride

[Peter Dzwig]

Great shots, Nathan. Who is/are the patron saints. ? It looks like they
might be celebrating a battle with the horses/knights. Do  you know any
more?

Peter

On 29/09/2019 20:18, Sonny Carter via LUG wrote:
> The guy on the right in "Who needs a Horse" looks like he forgot his Leica
> in the hotel.  ;-)
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> Regards,
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> Sonny
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> On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 2:00 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
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>> I wanted to do a ride with decent distance and climbing today, so I
>> decided to cycle to the town of Relleu, a round trip of 63 km with about
>> 1000 meters of climbing. The weather was great, not much wind, so a very
>> enjoyable ride overall. But the nice part was what I found in Relleu. The
>> town/village (about 1100 inhabitants) were celebrating their fiestas
>> patronales, a mix of the Moros y Cristianos common around here, and a
>> celebration of the town’s patron saint. I got an idea that something out of
>> the ordinary was going on when the street where I usually buy my Coke
>> looked like this:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-mv2j8Jj/A <
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-mv2j8Jj/A>
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>> The people, young and old, were dressed up for the occasion (note another
>> confused cyclist in the background):
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-MGmRkz3/A <
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-MGmRkz3/A>
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>> The outfits were, well, different:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-v4MXDVb/A <
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-v4MXDVb/A>
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>> A sort of ritual dance was performed in front of the church:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Qk6cP6S/A <
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Qk6cP6S/A>
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>> The parade had a somewhat agricultural theme, even though there is not
>> much agriculture in the area, aside from some goats and olive trees:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-NV4Vk3q/A <
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-NV4Vk3q/A>
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>> In any event, it was all very nice and colourful, and it made me take a 30
>> minute break just to take it all in:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-NNfswF8/A <
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-NNfswF8/A>
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>> So cycling is good for my health, and also good for my photography and
>> appreciation of the local traditions.
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>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
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>> Nathan Wajsman
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>> Alicante, Spain
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>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
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>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
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Dr. Peter Dzwig