Monday, May 19, 2008

Sword Fighting!





That night after we had dinner we heard some drums in the street and followed our ears to see what was going on. There on the main plaza in Lagos was a growing crowd of onlookers to witness a dramatic reenactment of a medieval sword fight to celebrate the Feria dos Descubrimentos (Holiday of the Discoveries), which conmemorates Portuguese exploration and colonization during the XV and XVI centuries.

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