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Renaissance Festivals and Celebrations
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Palio di Siena
Purpose: To honor the Virgin Mary. Activities: Horse racing, pageants, and neighborhood dinners.
The Eglinton Tournament
Purpose: To recreate a medieval jousting tournament. Activities: Jousting, medieval pageantry, and a grand feast.
Feast of the Pheasant
Purpose: To rally Christian princes for a crusade. Activities: Extravagant banquet, chivalric vows, and display of wealth.
Renaissance Fair
Purpose: To recreate the atmosphere of a Renaissance-era marketplace. Activities: Jousting, artisan markets, and historical reenactments.
The Festival of the Supreme Being
Purpose: To celebrate reason and the French Revolution. Activities: Processions, speeches, and symbolic acts like burning effigies.
The Wedding at Cana
Purpose: To recreate the biblical story of Jesus's first miracle. Activities: A reenactment of the biblical event, banquets, and religious processions.
Carnival of Venice
Purpose: To celebrate the approach of Lent. Activities: Mask wearing, parades, and balls.
Medici Weddings
Purpose: Celebrate the union of the Medici family. Activities: Public feasts, processions, and performances.
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