Each year in July a very important and really spectacular show takes places in the center of Brussels :
"The Ommegang" which litterally means " "walking around"! It remains the oldest historical ceremony of the immaterial inheritance of Brussels and gives you breathtaking folklore, magic and animations.
More than 1400 performers help to relive a history (1549, the procession of Charles Quint)
A whole medieval village was created at Place du Grand Sablon, and I went there in the afternoon to see the Knights combating on foot and horses, and falconry.
In the evening you could see the reconstitution of that memorable day of 2nd June 1549, when Charles Quint arrived.
The Grand'Place in the afternoon, when the tribunes were put up
on both sides of the place, there was also a place for the Royal family, but only the Queen widow Fabiaola attended the show this year.
The afternoon started well with this huge beer barrel
The Place Sablon was covered with sand for the horse show and the knights fights
They prepare and dress in this heavy armors
In case a horseshoe is not fitting or missing
Not so easy to wear !
Some chats before the start
and here we go !
You will loose !
He lost !
Then started the horse show
They were dressed in these old costumes
arriving
and walk around the whole place
The start
and go !
In the evening on the Grand'Place was then the historical reconstitution.
I choose some pictures I found on Internet, just to show you how it looked like
Brussels Time
