Each year in Tubize, a little town located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant a medieval festival is organized with the thrilling name of "Medieval of the bloody monks" and brings you back into the middle age.
At the entrance
It took place around an old farm transformed into a restaurant
The first "middle agers"
At the first glance I thought I was in an Indian village
But there also was a church and some typical medieval tents
reading sewing instructions
young proud parents
a blacksmith
a hungry girl selling little strange figures and trolls
Music
what a huge bread !
some middle age soup cooking
darts and other games
Knight outfits
good food
Learning archery
and food again
looked like a scaring church
where a pig was roasted on a graveyard (I think I will become vegetarian)
and other pieces of meat
You could eat it with this very yummy looking bread
Before I left I watched a sword fight, which was quite noisy !
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8 comments:
It is great how people make history come alive and be interesting. great photos of all the activities.
Looks like a fun visit! When was that? That bread looks delicious, and I would not have minded trying some of that pig either! I'm not sure what you mean by roasted on a graveyard though?
The festival looks like great fun, and the food amazing!
Oh what fun! We have a Medieval Festival here in Tennessee that I've never gone to. Perhaps next time we'll go.
When I was in college in Arizona they had a yearly Renaissance Festival that we would go to. I loved it. So fun. It would be great living in that time period...you would get to have a wench :)
THIS looked like SO much fun! It reminds me greatly of our Celtic Festival - except with a lot more re-enactment ... there is some costumed people at the Celtic Festival - but mostly just the activities -- and of course, the costumes make it so much FUN! The sword fights are fabulous! I LOVE that! And those HUUUUUGE loaves of bread! My goodness! I'm certain I would have bought sOMething from the girl selling the little mushroom carvings... They are cuuuuuute!
I see Thom mentioned the Renaissance Festival -- we have one of those too - and YES - it is MUCH more like this! All costumes and acting! It's WONDERFUL! I'm hoping to go later this month!
Old traditionals must be very plesurely,best wishes
Hi Gattina! Excellent post; and amazing pig picture... ;))
Sorry for the long delay, but after one year work, I got my official week off and, as always, the week before was terrible and the return awful... ;). Furthermore, there was 09.09.09, which for me was a bit depressing, as I entered a Club 60 I would prefer to postpone the joining... ;))
Blogtrotter is now in Turkey. Enjoy and have a fabulous weekend!
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