Article: Triumph of the Good: Mons, Belgium, Celebrates Its Patron Saints.

Stephen Osmond is associate senior editor of the Culture section of The World & I.

When the great dragon enters the town square, his tail twitches and lashes about. One wild swing breaks a string holding a vendor's cluster of balloons, sending them sailing into the sky. At this signal, more than fifteen thousand voices roar out in welcome. The Lumecon, the Belgian city of Mons' reenactment of the legendary battle between the dragon and Saint George, is about to begin.

A narrow pathway is slowly cleared through the crowd packed into the square. To the exhilarating rhythm of drums, the dragon--known as Dou Dou--slowly makes his way toward the battleground. ...

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