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

[Peter Dzwig]

Answering my own question, from Wikipedia:

"Festes Patronals. These are held for 5 days over the last weekend of
September in honour of the Virgin of Miracles and Saints Cosme and
Damian. The celebrations include religious ceremonies and recreational
events such as the paella contest, correfoc (fire-runs), music and
fireworks."

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
> http://sonc.com/look/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> 1714
> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
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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
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
>> 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