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Jul 24, 2010 - 09:31 AM |
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A slightly rarer kind of entry from me, the tiny dark room dwelling goblin:
The medieval fair trip!
I actually had the idea of visiting this last month when a friend of mine showed this pendant of Ukko (chief god of Finnish mytho), that he bought from a smith in one of the summer's rock festivals. I then checked the smith's name and found out they'll be attending this medieval themed fair in the next town from mine. Being in the middle of nowhere currently, sure I could use some interesting amusement and went today with my folks.
Lots of shops and some entertainment. Aside from the bow shooting, puppet show, village idiots in rags (maybe they were local hobos not sure), the main attraction was this tournament with knights in impressive gear, dressed up horses and all.
The show was fun, with tricks the knights would do on horseback, such as riding over burning debris and simultaneously impaling straw targets with spears.
The finale was pretty awesome with the knights jousting each other in pairs, until the "finalists" were chosen. They then engaged in sword battle mounted, the other guy lost his sword, cursed loudly and proceeded to armwrestle on horseback, holy shit! The guy that first lost his sword got then slammed off his horse. After this the knight that was dominating picked up a axe (still on horseback, the other grounded) and beat the shit out of the losing guy's wooden shield.
Finally they battled with swords on foot, and the match ended with the previously dominating knight on the ground beaten. Should have stayed on your horse, foo!
Great show. Oh and one of the knights was a hot blonde chick. I'd have fought like a berserk to "conquer" her if you know what I mean ;P
Also bought some merchandise:
Firstly this necklace from the same smith my friend got his.
The woods tribe's shaman, seer, healer, wise man. Something to remind me to keep "a clear mind".
The next one is a tiny ocarina. Bought it for 2 reasons: firstly for being a goddamn nerd and secondly because I used to play some wind instruments years ago.
Lastly a good sized mug with "glassened" surface to keep my drinks cool and manly.
Fun trip, should do these more often. /me check calender. Yeah next year.
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