A moss man plays with his child as he gets ready to take part during the Corpus Christi procession in the small village of Bejar, Spain, Sunday. Men covered from head to toe in moss have paraded through the streets of Bejar in western Spain to commemorate a daring raid that local legend says helped liberate their town from Muslim occupation some eight centuries ago. Locals believe that during the reign of King Alfonso VIII of Castile (1155 - 1214) men camouflaged themselves in moss from local forests to enable them to approach the gates of a Muslim fortress. |
