Flags makers in Siena. Such flags will be waved by the wavers, locally called Alfieri, during the historical costume parade (Corteo Storico) which preceds the horse race (Palio di Siena). It needs great skill and vocation to sew the silk together for making a flag; people wich knows such art is called bandieraie. Here is the bandieraie who are working over the flags of the Contrada di Valdimontone.