The Palio is an awesome festival that takes place twice a year in Siena. The centerpiece is a 90-second horserace around the Piazza del' Campo in the heart of the city, but medieval-style parades and festivities go on all day. Each neighborhood competes vigorously against each other and entertains fierce rivalries with enemy neighborhoods.
Here's video number one, the parade of my adopted Sienese neighborhood (Nicchio):
And here's video number two, of the victor being paraded around the city's narrow streets:
Sadly, my neighborhood didn't win. Surprise, surprise! At least I got some eye candy at the end of it all.
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