La journée médiévale

MARKET

Craft booths, workshops on calligraphy, sewing, wool, and felt, as well as demonstrations of traditional crafts: blacksmithing, basket weaving, stone carving, and leatherworking.

ACTIVITIES

Traditional board games, folk games, face painting, fencing, chess, a medieval encampment with cooking demonstrations and mock battles, and an introduction to Gascon dances.

PERFORMANCES

Les Mandadors: a magical, musical procession on horseback

Les Derniers Remparts: knightly combat

Rauzan’ch’ur Choir: medieval and Renaissance songs

The Witch of Landiras: stories and fantasies

TOURS

10:30 a.m.: village tour

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.: Organ demonstration

2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.: Priory and ossuary tour

FOOD AND DRINK

The tavern and the grand banquet

Costume rentals and refreshments available on site.