Estrella War
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Estrella War is an annual American medieval camping event held for over thirty years[1] by the Society for Creative Anachronism—a "war" mainly between two large regional SCA groups: the Kingdom of Atenveldt and the Kingdom of the Outlands.[2] After Pennsic War, Estrella is one of the largest annual SCA events,[3] with several thousand people attending each year, some from as far as Sweden, Germany, France, Italy, Greece, and Australia.
Most Estrella wars are held near Phoenix Arizona in late February and lasts around 7–9 days.[4] The event centers on mainly pre-17th century history and culture with all campers dressing in medieval clothing.[5][6]
Activities
Martial
- Archery
- SCA Heavy Combat
- Rapier Combat
- Thrown Weapons
- Youth Combat
Non-martial
- Arts and Sciences Exhibition.
- Youth Arts and Sciences Exhibition.
- Performing Arts: which include acrobatics, busking, comedy, dance, magic, music, juggling, and theatre.
- Period Games: where one can play board games such as Go, Chess and Tafl games, card games such as Tarot card games and dice games.
- Dancing: including Renaissance dances, Middle Eastern Dance, South Asian Dance, and East Asian Dance.
- Shopping
See also
- Pennsic War—another war held by the SCA