Moros y Cristianos de Alcoy: EL ALARDO

THE ALARDO

Day 24 of April the battle takes place that is commemorated in the Celebrations: the attack of the followers of Al-Azraq to the seat of Alcoy. The acts are celebrated afternoon during the morning and.

Embassy of afternoon. Parliament so that the Moors render the castle

In the morning in the castle the Embassies take place. The castle is in possession of the Christians and the Moors intiman the surrender of the seat. The Christians do not surrender and a horse desbocado with a messenger takes to the bad news to those of the Average Moon by all the street San Nicholas: it is Mail.

Next the Alardo or battle of arquebus factory begins. The Christian Captain goes by the street San Nicol&aacutes until being with the Captain Moor: Encaro. The Christian Lieutenant goes by the street San Lorenzo until the Mosse'n seat Josep where he finds to the followers of the Lieutenant Moor.

The Christian Captain and the Lieutenant enter the seat of Spain and " they recoil " until the castle, who finally take the Moors.

Hundreds of tons of powder in the thousands of firings are burned that take place in the Alardo. The phenomenal roar can be listened in some kilometers the round one

In the evening after the Embassy, in which those are the Christians who intiman the surrender of the Moors, new Mail takes step to the Alardo. Now they change you return them and are the Captain and the Lieutenant Moor those that " recoil " until losing the castle. At night something magical happens. Sant Jordi appears in the battlements of the castle between sones of the hymn of the Celebration

The boy who represents Sant Jordi, " the Sant Jordiet ", appears mounted in a cardboard horse at the top of the castle sending saetas.

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