Accordians, drums, triangles. The followers dressed in white with red or blue sashes coming before the Oss , all to celebrate the coming of Spring. Celebrations begin early morning with the stable doors opening to let the Oss appear onto the narrow streets firstly around the harbour crowded with thousands of onlookers.
Festivities go on all day and into the evening.
The Padstow Obby Oss is one of the oldest surviving customs in the Country, and is believed to be a ancient fertility rite marking the coming of Summer.