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Pontearnelas II Medieval Fair
On 4 and July 5 the Medieval Fair is held in a small village on the River Umia. Large numbers of visitors enjoy experiencing lost trades like Blacksmiths, carpenters, basket makers, sculptors carving stone, redeiras, archery, seamstresses, and barns built with straw to save seeds and farming implements. The reasons for the party are part of having fun for people and tourist attraction and, on the other hand provide a better understanding and approach to the history of the region to people. So I had from games like archers exhibits competing for the shot to the center of the target, bagpipers enjoying
The festivities up a "catapult", made of all kinds of craft stalls also gastronomic (octopus, sausages, cheeses, pies) , performances and even a display of falconry birds the evening in a large open space on the banks of the river Umia, was prepared a great "medieval dinner" with what appeared suckling pig spit, as well as local wines and red wines Alvariños , all accompanied with a large orchestra.
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