The balcony or hanging wheel is a cloth or tapestry used to decorate and adorn outer or inside walls, a balcony, a window, etc., On the occasion of a celebration or festival. Covers the entire balcony railing or window to decorate. Generally, No Duen Escut, since its function is merely decorative, And its origin is much more modern than that of the repostels decorated with heraldic shields or the coat of arms of the families of nobles who expose them and in some cases it contains the colors of the local flag., regional the state.
The most important festivals in which it is usually used are Corpus Christi and Easter, In addition to the processions of the patterns of a locality. In Spain, In addition it is usually placed in the great days of mourning with a black crespon, Following the old customs, in a duel signal for the death of the Lord, an important character, etc.
In Banyeres de Mariola the most traditional has always been the balcon wheel in white smooth fabric with two red bands on the bottom. That in the case of celebrating the festival of our employer, And as a testimony of the Fe and devotion that the house feels for Sant Jordi placed the red cross of the saint in the center of the same.
Although new times and modernity has also influenced them, Well, balconies are already made with the colors and shields of the different Moors and Christians comparsas, of the different bodies that celebrate our own festivals in our locality, or the image of our pattern in the case of the Cofradia de Sant Jordi.
