In English Below, or you could try reading danish, that's a Challenge !
Den sønderjyske folkesport ringridning har gennem mere en et århundrede stået stærkt her i Broager.
Det ønskede bestyrelsen i Broager Ringriderforening at markere ved at skænke Broager By en skulptur, der skulle symbolisere ringriderfesten og ringridersporten. Sammen med Broager Kunstfond besluttede man at kontakte kunstneren Marco Evaristti.
Evaristti sagde ja tak og udfærdigede et forslag, som blev godkendt af Ringriderforeningen og Kunstfonden.
Den færdige skulptur så dagens lys og blev indviet ved ringriderfestens 100-års jubilæum den 3. Juli 2003.
Beskueren af ringriderskulpturen ser en kvinde indhyllet i et gevandt lignende klæde. Hun holder en lanse, hvis spids kan anes for oven med en spiddet ring.
I soklen er der en firedelt lyskilde, som stråler op mod kvinden. Lyskilden består af fire hestesko, som har tilhørt den legendariske formandshest Socco. Socco havde i sin levetid anført ringrideroptoget 64 gange.
Hele herligheden kostede 400.000 Kr., som kom fra Broager Kommunens Kunstfond, Broager Ringriderforening, forskellige fonde, firmaer og privatpersoner.
Kort tid efter indvielsen blev skulpturen fjernet fra sin plads. Den var stjålet.
Politiet fandt hverken skulpturen eller gerningsmænd. Man enedes i Ringriderforeningen og Kunstfonden i samarbejde med Evaristti at få fremstillet en kopi. Det blev igen en udskrivning på 125.000 Kr., som skulle skaffes.
I 2015 dukkede originalen så op i slotssøen ved Sandbjerg Slot. Hvad nu?
Efter aftale med Evaristti blev det besluttet at opstille begge skulpturer i portalen på den nuværende placering.
I 2019 kunne dobbel skulpturen så genindvies.
In English Below
For more than a century, the South Jutlandic folk sport of ring riding has been strong here in Broager.
The board of Broager Ringriderforening wanted to mark this by donating a sculpture to the city of Broager that would symbolize the ring riding festival and the sport of ring riding. Together with Broager Kunstfond, they decided to contact the artist Marco Evaristti.
Evaristti agreed and drew up a proposal that was approved by the Ringrider Association and the Art Foundation.
The finished sculpture saw the light of day and was inaugurated at the 100th anniversary of the Ringrider Festival on July 3, 2003.
The viewer of the Ringrider sculpture sees a woman wrapped in a robe-like cloth. She holds a lance, the tip of which can be seen above with a spiked ring.
In the base there is a four-part light source shining up towards the woman. The light source consists of four horseshoes that belonged to the legendary chairman's horse Socco. In his lifetime, Socco had led the ringrider procession 64 times.
The whole thing cost DKK 400,000, which came from Broager Municipality's Art Fund, Broager Ringriderforening, various foundations, companies and private individuals.
Shortly after the inauguration, the sculpture was removed from its place. It had been stolen.
The police found neither the sculpture nor the perpetrators. The Ringrider Association and the Art Foundation, in collaboration with Evaristti, agreed to have a copy made. It was again an expense of DKK 125,000 that had to be raised.
In 2015, the original appeared in the castle lake at Sandbjerg Castle. What's next?
In agreement with Evaristti, it was decided to place both sculptures in the portal in their current location.
In 2019, the double sculpture could be rededicated.
