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4th Re-enactment · 2 to 4 September 2016

Gallery 2016

Video and photos from the 4th edition.

Official poster

Official poster for the 4th Historical Re-enactment of the Holy Grail, Bailo 2016

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The bell tower flies banners at dusk in this Aragonese village

The medieval encampment goes up with the Aragonese Pyrenees behind

Decorated facades in the old quarter, a Festival of Tourist Interest of Aragón

Heraldic banners decorate a stone facade in this Aragonese village

Neighbours chat by the fountain in a Pyrenean village square

A lit medieval pavilion forms part of the night craft market

Coloured awnings beside a tree offer rest near the market

A large sign announces the entrance to the medieval market in the square

The library explains that Bailo was a stage on the Holy Grail route

The audience listens to the talk on the Grail route

A speaker points out the chapel linked to the Grail legend

An evening audience attends a talk on local history

At night the Plaza Mayor shows the facades of Aragonese villages

The stage goes up at night in a Pyrenean village

The royal platform with its thrones awaits the reading of the proclamation

The decorated Plaza Mayor is made ready in this Aragonese village

A leafy arch marks the entrance to the square, on the Grail route

A craftswoman sells wooden toys at a medieval market stall

Children play with medieval wooden boards on the cobbled street

The Royal Seat flies flags on the Holy Grail route

A stallholder offers necklaces and jewellery at Bailo's medieval market

Residents and visitors walk the street beneath the medieval market sign

Two women set up the traditional games in Bailo's decorated square

Two men play quoits in a corner of the medieval market

A man watches the traditional wooden games on the cobblestones

The traditional wooden games area continues along the cobbled street

An old farm cart loaded with straw sets the scene at the medieval market

Detail of the spoked wheels of a farm cart in the rural setting

Two women in period dress sell artisan oils and soaps at the market

The arch gives onto the church on the Holy Grail route

Banners fly over the Plaza Mayor before the main ceremonies

Two sheep graze in a pen recreating the rural farming scene

A family in period dress poses in medieval costume in the square

Children enjoy games on the Aragonese Way from Somport

The church garden shows clipped hedges within the religious precinct

The ashlar clock tower flies heraldic banners

An arch opens onto a street in the Pyrenean villages

Residents and visitors throw wooden balls at the children's stall

Residents in period dress talk near Bishop Mancio and his retinue

Two girls with ribbons take part in the children's street parade

A medieval market stall in a Pyrenean village

A period baker presents freshly baked loaves at the medieval encampment

An embroidered chalice evoking the Grail route decorates this whitewashed facade

The king and queen preside over the staged reading of the royal proclamation

The king and queen proclaim the royal decree before the ladies of the court

Several heraldic banners bearing different medieval emblems hang from a facade

An information board illustrates the procession of the Aragonese Camino de Santiago

A woman and a child show a falcon and an owl

Two riders of the procession ride along the Holy Grail route

Children in golden tunics carry the ceremonial casket of the Holy Grail

Three riders in ceremonial capes pose as part of the procession

Participants in medieval costume represent tourism in Aragón

A monk and a lady pose with the Aragonese Pyrenees behind

The procession advances along a country road, a stretch of the Aragonese Way

The king and queen arrive in the Aragonese village

Three neighbours show the range of medieval dress on the cobbled street

A cart with deer antlers sets the rural scene

Residents watch two riders come down the street towards the Plaza Mayor

Riders in coloured capes cross the village, on the Holy Grail route

A resident and a child show the falcon and the owl

Drummers and a woman with a drum accompany the musical procession

Knights escort the parade along the Aragonese Way from Somport

Three armed knights escort the king and queen during the street parade

The king and queen parade towards the Plaza Mayor

The king leads the procession beside the queen and the court

A scribe and a dignitary with a staff of office lead the procession

Children with drums escort a lady wearing a crown of flowers

Altar servers carry the casket holding the chalice on the Grail route

Penitent monks process along the Aragonese Camino de Santiago

Two men in tunics with shields talk and smile along the sunlit street

A standard bearer leads the women of the street parade along the main street

A standard bearer with the Occitan cross leads the parade with young girls

A standard bearer with a chequered shield walks beside three girls

A family in medieval dress walks along a street in Bailo

A medieval family parades through Bailo towards San Juan de la Peña

A woman in a golden headdress parades along the Aragonese Camino de Santiago

A standard bearer with the bell walks hand in hand with a girl

Friars watch the residents in plain tunics pass along the street

Three young maidens in headscarves smile as they walk along the street

Women in headdresses and veils talk in the medieval market square

Hooded figures wait behind the rope before the handover of the Holy Grail

Men with heraldic shields parade along the Camino de Santiago

A standard bearer crosses the garlanded square beside the procession

Women in headdresses pose in a Pyrenean village

The procession parades with its standard along the Aragonese Way from Somport

A pilgrim watches the procession on the Camino de Santiago

Ladies of the court near San Juan de la Peña

A family in coloured capes walks the stone streets

A standard bearer with rampant lions accompanies a woman carrying a baby

The procession advances along the Aragonese Camino de Santiago in Bailo

A standard bearer in a conical helm escorts a young woman in the procession

A man and a young woman in a white coif walk among the crowd

A long line of residents waits in the square for the handover

Children wait before the platform where the king and his retinue preside

The king reads the parchment of the royal proclamation from the platform

The altar servers guard the golden cup on the Grail route

Drummers parade along the Aragonese Way from Somport in Bailo

Knights with shields parade along the Aragonese Way from Somport

A knight with a blue cape and shield escorts the procession

A falconer with a bird of prey poses near the king

A herald with a parchment walks beside the young drummers of the retinue

Two men in cloaks bearing the fleur-de-lis parade along the street

A standard bearer with the wheel leads the women of the procession

A woman and two girls walk beside the standard bearer in the parade

A hooded man and a woman in red walk together

A young woman in a red headdress walks near the standard bearer and the hooded figures

Hooded figures with incense advance in a symbolic procession

Residents in period dress sweep the cobbles of the medieval encampment

The king and queen advance along the Holy Grail route

The king and queen arrive at the church with the cup

The priest hands the chalice to the king, on the Holy Grail route

The priest hands the golden casket holding the chalice to the king

King and Queen Munia receive the retinue on the Grail route

The sung mass in the church draws visitors to Aragón

Two priests lead the sung mass before the baroque altarpiece

The parish choir sings from the gallery during the solemn mass

Choir members sing from their scores during the festival mass

A boy watches the choir sing beside the carved railing

The congregation follows the sung mass from the nave of the church

The priests celebrate the main mass before the gilded altarpiece

Knights and nobles of the Camino de Santiago wait in the church

Residents in white headdresses gather beside the side altarpiece

The officiating priests celebrate the liturgy before the high altar

The red carpet leads towards the high altar during the mass

A villager caged beside the cart watches a peasant woman

An actor in a red cape blesses beside the caged cart

A smith works the metal on the anvil at the market

Minstrels with period instruments parade through the market

Musicians and dancers in flower crowns liven up the medieval market

Visitors film the minstrels dancing, a glimpse of tourism in Aragón

The caged cart crosses the square beside the musicians

Cart and drum liven the Aragonese Way from Somport in Bailo

Cart and musicians cross the villages of Aragón in Bailo

A peasant woman approaches the cart as a child looks on

Residents in costume perform on the stage beside the musicians

Musicians and residents pose on stage before the performance

Residents and visitors share the communal meal at long tables

Long decorated tables host the communal feast in the marquee

Strolling musicians entertain the diners with traditional music

The king and queen pose in their crowns before the standard

The marquee full of diners celebrates Bailo's communal meal

Residents eat at the long tables of the medieval marquee

A mother and her children pose at the table during the meal

A woman dances in the marquee, a scene of tourism in Aragón

A woman serves between the tables as the family eats

Two young women hug and smile inside the marquee

A man holds a little girl beside the table

A woman hugs a little girl beside the table

A family eats together as a girl waves at the camera

Young people in habits near San Juan de la Peña

A group of friends poses beside clay jugs

A trio of musicians livens the communal meal with guitar and drum

A violinist and a clarinettist play beside a woman in a crown of flowers

Musicians with accordion and bagpipes play under the marquee in Bailo

Residents in period dress dance in a ring inside the marquee

The guests talk and dance inside the lively marquee

A woman in a golden headdress smiles among the guests in the marquee

A woman in red spins as she dances among the guests in the marquee

Two actors explain the panels on the Holy Grail route

The actors carry on explaining the panels about the Grail legend

Bishop Mancio draws visitors, an example of tourism in Aragón

A bishop tells the legend of the Grail in the villages of Aragón

The bishop poses beside the panel on the Holy Grail route

A young woman holds a bird of prey at the falconry stand

A falcon perches on the falconry stand beside the wall

Another falcon with dark plumage rests beside the stone wall

A peregrine falcon rests tethered with leather jesses

Two residents in armour with a halberd pose beside the tent

Two birds of prey perch at the falconry stands

A girl rides a horse led by a woman in period dress

Children draw with coloured sand on wooden trays

A blacksmith works the red-hot metal on the anvil

A falconer shows the eagle owl with the Aragonese Pyrenees behind

The falconer presents the bird to visitors, an example of tourism in Aragón

The falconer and his falcon look at each other closely

The falconer flies the bird towards the young volunteer

The falconer holds the eagle owl with the sierra behind

The falconer presents the eagle owl in flight before the onlookers

A woman holds a little owl before the audience with the sierra behind

The audience gathers by the wall with the Aragonese Pyrenees behind

The stand recreates a cell of the monastery of Santa Columba

A resident rests beside the woodcraft stall

Residents dance in a ring at night in the lit square

Girls draw and colour at tables beside the medieval market

Girls colour in sheets at the children's workshop beside the market

A woman runs the children's stall beside the medieval market

Children draw and cut out at the workshop beside the market

A group of attendees listens at the organising meeting

Five speakers present the Holy Grail re-enactment at a press conference

Two speakers talk during the official presentation of the event

A woman and a man talk in front of the laptop

Three speakers take part at the Grail presentation table

The procession crosses the Plaza Mayor, a tradition of the Pyrenean villages

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