The annual festival of Todi's patron saint just gets better and better each year. They started combining the feast day with an archery competition about four years ago, and have turned this into one of Umbria's top archery events due to the interest of the targets, the beautiful surroundings, and the fun of having the targets scattered throughout the town.
My friend Elisa Picchiotti is a tour guide here, and has been absolutely instrumental in the event's success. She's cajoled numerous artisans to come and display their wares for the weekend, she's organized costumes, events, and more. And it has certainly paid off!
We had the longest procession to date with people in Medieval/Renaissance attire, numerous drumming bands, a great archery competition, and a wonderful set of merchants!
All in all, a delightful day.
Love,
Alexandra
My friend Elisa Picchiotti is a tour guide here, and has been absolutely instrumental in the event's success. She's cajoled numerous artisans to come and display their wares for the weekend, she's organized costumes, events, and more. And it has certainly paid off!
We had the longest procession to date with people in Medieval/Renaissance attire, numerous drumming bands, a great archery competition, and a wonderful set of merchants!
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| We started the day seeing apparent corpses dragged around |
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| The "corpses" held targets for the local Todi "rione" competition |
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| Representatives of each rione (district) stood on their rione's block and tried to hit the target |
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| "Little Mauro," one of Florence's teammates |
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| The raptor show is always amazing |
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| Part of an early procession of archers |
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| "Big Mauro" is towards the right in this photo |
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| A target |
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| These are dense foam targets |
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| Because there wasn't enough going on, it was also a weekend for a Vespa rally |
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| These rotated and you had to hit the maroon sections squarely |
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| This also rotated quickly |
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| If you were on the left, you had to shoot the white side. On the right, the side with the red triangle |
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| They used some different alleyways this year! |
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| This target consisted of dense foam balls on chains |
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| Representatives of our chapter of the Knights Templar |
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| Giuliana and Matteo |
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| The procession ended on the steps of San Fortunato this year! |
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| During the procession, there was the usual craziness of cars trying to get through. The street was crammed with people. |
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| A different troupe of flag wavers from our usual! |
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| Enzo's bows! Enzo was the one who taught Florence how to make her bow. |
All in all, a delightful day.
Love,
Alexandra
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