ݺߣ

ݺߣShare a Scribd company logo

La encamisa

•Download as PPT, PDF•
•
Rafael Rebollo
Rafael Rebollo

The villagers of Navalvillar de Pela dressed in large white shirts and pointy hats to resemble ghosts and rode horses through the village with torches and drums to scare away invading Moorish armies at night. This tactic was successful, causing the Moorish army to flee in terror. Today this event is commemorated annually on January 16th through a festival called Encamisá, where villagers parade through the streets at night while bonfires are lit, a child plays the drum, and people follow on horseback and foot while houses offer wine and sweets in celebration of their village's history and culture.

1 of 10
LA ENCAMISA • History tells us that by the Middle Ages, the Arabs in their conquests on the Iberian Peninsula reached Navalvillar de Pela, with the clear intention of invading the village.
LA ENCAMISA • To impress the invading forces, numerous large fires lit using the darkness of the night and galloped swiftly on horseback carrying torches thundering drums, bells and chimes hanging around the narrow streets of the town forming a scandal.
LA ENCAMISA • The riders had to impress and to do that, they donned pointy hats to resemble giants, and to have more lightly, they dressed with large white shirts. The Moorish army, seeing such uproar, fled in terror thinking that it was a large army and ghostly.
LA ENCAMISA • From that day until today, the peleños are commemorating this event. If at that time, that was an act of struggle for survival of a village, today the Encamisá represents the passion, the beauty and warmth of an opened village to all who visit it.
LA ENCAMISA • The festival of the Encamisá is celebrated on January 16. It is a journey through the streets of the village in which they lighted previously up large bonfires
LA ENCAMISA • A child goes before playing the drum and followed by the flag and a crowd of people follow him on horseback and on foot.
LA ENCAMISA • All houses are opened and offer everybody wine and "donuts" sweets.
LA ENCAMISA TYPICAL DRESSES
LA ENCAMISA • TYPICAL SWEET AND HOMEMADE WINE
LA ENCAMISA A CELEBRATION OF REGIONAL TOURIST INTEREST

More Related Content

La encamisa

  • 1. LA ENCAMISA • History tells us that by the Middle Ages, the Arabs in their conquests on the Iberian Peninsula reached Navalvillar de Pela, with the clear intention of invading the village.
  • 2. LA ENCAMISA • To impress the invading forces, numerous large fires lit using the darkness of the night and galloped swiftly on horseback carrying torches thundering drums, bells and chimes hanging around the narrow streets of the town forming a scandal.
  • 3. LA ENCAMISA • The riders had to impress and to do that, they donned pointy hats to resemble giants, and to have more lightly, they dressed with large white shirts. The Moorish army, seeing such uproar, fled in terror thinking that it was a large army and ghostly.
  • 4. LA ENCAMISA • From that day until today, the peleños are commemorating this event. If at that time, that was an act of struggle for survival of a village, today the Encamisá represents the passion, the beauty and warmth of an opened village to all who visit it.
  • 5. LA ENCAMISA • The festival of the Encamisá is celebrated on January 16. It is a journey through the streets of the village in which they lighted previously up large bonfires
  • 6. LA ENCAMISA • A child goes before playing the drum and followed by the flag and a crowd of people follow him on horseback and on foot.
  • 7. LA ENCAMISA • All houses are opened and offer everybody wine and "donuts" sweets.
  • 9. LA ENCAMISA • TYPICAL SWEET AND HOMEMADE WINE
  • 10. LA ENCAMISA A CELEBRATION OF REGIONAL TOURIST INTEREST