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Edwin Brazzero slices a melon from a galloping horse as the Knights of Mayhem put on a jousting competition at the Utah Renaissance Faire at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi on Friday Aug. 23, 2019.
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Josh Avery, right, and Edwin Brazzero clash as the Knights of Mayhem put on a jousting competition at the Utah Renaissance Faire at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi on Friday Aug. 23, 2019.
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Josh Avery makes his entrance as the Knights of Mayhem put on a jousting competition at the Utah Renaissance Faire at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi on Friday Aug. 23, 2019.
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Gavin Beaton prepares to fight in a competition put on by the Armored Combat League at the Utah Renaissance Faire at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi on Friday Aug. 23, 2019.
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Nick Hosto in between rounds of a competition put on by the Armored Combat League at the Utah Renaissance Faire at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi on Friday Aug. 23, 2019.
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Justice Cluff, known as the Dwarf King, works out some pain in his shoulder after being hit with a two-handed sword in competition put on by the Armored Combat League at the Utah Renaissance Faire at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi on Friday Aug. 23, 2019. At right is Jenesey Cox.
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Costume enthusiast Lindsey Hardy at the Utah Renaissance Faire at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi on Friday Aug. 23, 2019.
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Maverick the Unicorn at the Utah Renaissance Faire at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi on Friday Aug. 23, 2019. Maverick's handler is Jessica Black.
Spectators at Thanksgiving Point observed royalty, mermaids and men on horseback jousting as if it was medieval times. The Utah Renaissance Faire, held Friday and Saturday, includes more than 100 shows. The Knights of Mayhem will again hold jousting demonstrations at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday.
The faire also includes escape artists, puppet shows, storytellers, music and armored combat.
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Nick Hosto in between rounds of a competition put on by the Armored Combat League at the Utah Renaissance Faire at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi on Friday Aug. 23, 2019.
On its website, the faire answers this question: “What types of costumes are theme appropriate?”
Here are their answers:
1. Elizabethan and Tudor era
2. Shakespearean
3. Norsemen / Vikings
4. Italian Renaissance
5. Pirates
6. European medieval times
7. Scottish
8. Musketeers
9. Celtic
10. Marco Polo era Asia
11. Peasants
12. Fairy folk
13. Mermaids
14. Dragons