The Actors

Description

In the seventeenth century, the French Governor De Poincy took residence in the parish of St. Peters, and started a tradition that has far outlived the palace that he built there. Today "The Actors" of St. Peters still perform skillful, hair-raising acrobatic feats. They do somersaults over the prongs of up-turned pitchforks, and use sledge hammers to break great stones set upon each other's chest – all to the delight of young and old.