Mojacar’s Horse Ribbon Race Celebrations

MOJACAR closed August retired successful a awesome measurement pinch nan extremity of its highly anticipated and wide celebrated San Agustín celebrations. Filled pinch vibrant colours and long-standing tradition, nan show is an yearly matter that leaves nan municipality buzzing pinch excitement, and possibly 1 of nan astir anticipated events is nary different than nan equine ribbon race.

The event, a brightly coloured and breathtaking infinitesimal during nan festival, has its roots successful nan Middle Ages, and primitively served to thief bring couples together to court: azygous women would bent their ribbons for nan azygous men connected horseback to collect, galloping astatine afloat speed. Today, nan title is symbolic, but its medieval taxable ever helps to get nan crowd successful precocious spirits, arsenic good arsenic nan accepted costumes nan locals deterioration to nan events successful honour of nan patron saint. In today’s type of nan race, inspired by tournaments, jousts, and different distinctly medieval events, nan ribbon title combines some marksmanship and equestrian skill: riders insert nan extremity of a woody pike into metallic rings suspended by a ribbon.

Not only this, nan children’s ribbon races were besides held, pinch a whopping 150 children betwixt nan ages of 2 and 12 participating. For information reasons, nan horses were replaced pinch bicycles, pinch aliases without training wheels, and nan children roseate astir to cod nan ribbons.

Fresh disconnected nan excitement of this year’s version of nan San Agustín Festival, locals are already looking guardant to nan upcoming October races, which are traditionally for joined couples (though separated aliases divided couples are besides invited to subordinate successful connected nan fun). The Mojacar Town Hall has organised beginner riding lessons for those willing successful participating. Without a doubt, adjacent year’s version will beryllium moreover grander, arsenic Mojacar proudly keeps their traditions live … and has nosy doing it.