PIRENOPOLIS, Brazil (AP) — Folk within the heartland Brazilian town of Pirenopolis took to the streets on Sunday in a procession of the normal Cavalhadas competition.
The custom started within the 1800s with a Portuguese priest who sought after to proclaim the Holy Spirit — one of the crucial entities of the Roman Catholic Church’s trinity — and likewise commemorate the victory of Iberian Christian knights over the Moors.
The Emperor of the Divine Holy Spirit procession began within the early hours in Pirenopolis, a town of 25,000 citizens 150 kilometers (93 miles) west of the Brazilian capital Brasilia. Alternative nation-state towns around the South American crowd additionally proclaim the Cavalhadas competition.
The festivities come with an revealed wind reenactment of a struggle between Christian warriors and Muslims. On the finish, the defeated Moors are transformed to Catholicism.
Eraldo Peres, The Related Press
