Hi,
Moros y Cristianos is a common celebration in towns from Alicante and
Valencia (Spain). They celebrate the christian conquer of the towns and
villages in 13th century. Muslim (moros) and christian (cristianos)
troops march over the towns representing these fights. The girls troop
in the last shot most probably represent on of those muslim groups.
Although Bocairent Moros y Cristianos is one of the most well known in
the region, I think the most important is the Moros y Cristianos from
Alcoi (in April, I think). You'll find a bunch of internet sites
covering this city celebration. It is a very coloured fiesta!
Victor
> Thanks for sharing. Very interesting. Any idea of the significance
of
> all the lovely young ladies and their costumes in the last shot?
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> > Last Saturday, we were invited to a party in the small town of
> > Bocairent, about 100 km from Alicante, to attend a party
celebrating
> > the beginning of the town's annual Moros y Cristianos fiesta, the
> > biggest event of the year in that small town of about 4500
> > inhabitants. The lady in the striped shirt performing a dance with
a
> > sword is the hostess; the particular group we were with were Moros
> > (whether one is a Moro or Cristiano in these fiestas is something
> > that is passed on through generations).
> >
> > The pics are really just party pictures, and I made the gallery
> > mainly for the people involved, but thought I might show them to a
> > broader audience as well:
> >
> > http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4301077
> >
> > All taken with the E3, with IS turned on, nominally at ISO 800 but
> > given the amount of exposure correction I had to do in Lightroom,
I
> > was really shooting at ISO 1600. The IS was somewhat useful when
> > people were not moving, but overall I think it is suited mostly to
> > photographing buildings at night, not people having a good time.
> >
> > Nathan
> >
> > Nathan Wajsman
> > nathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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