Village fair, Pieter van der Borcht (I), 1553 print Village fair in honor of Sint-Joris. In the foreground three pairs that dance to the music of a bagpipe player, which is in the left corner on top of the roof of a pigsty. Behind the dancers there is a few sex. On the left at an inn is eaten and drunk. From one of the windows of the inn is the banner of the Sint-Jorisgilde der Boogschutters. In the background a tower of people is built and all kinds of people sell their wares. On the right in the foreground someone is vomiting. On the right in the background various fairground attractions aro
Village fair, Pieter van der Borcht (I), 1553 print Village fair in honor of Sint-Joris. In the foreground three pairs that dance to the music of a bagpipe player, which is in the left corner on top of the roof of a pigsty. Behind the dancers there is a few sex. On the left at an inn is eaten and drunk. From one of the windows of the inn is the banner of the Sint-Jorisgilde der Boogschutters. In the background a tower of people is built and all kinds of people sell their wares. On the right in the foreground someone is vomiting. On the right in the background various fairground attractions around a detour. The ommegang contains the horse of the four Heemskinderen, a giant and the worship of a saint. All kinds of games around the procession: sword fighting, the joust, archery and Jeu de Boules. paper etching pleasure fair and circus. (annual) fair, trade fair. inn, coffee-house, public house, procession ~ Christian religion. more than one couple dancing (with NUMBER of couples). vomiting. joust, tilt. other forms of knights' contests. shooting-the-bird (on a high pole). 'jeu de boules'
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