Moorish King and Queen
This couple, riding their horses through the streets of Caravaca, are acting out the part of the "king and queen" of the Moors. The fact that the Moors had a caliph, rather than a king, is neither here nor there.
The Moorish couple wear stunning costumes, as indeed do all of the Moors in all of the Spanish "Moros y Cristianos" festivals. They are bold and bright; the men wear jewelled turbans, colourful sashes, and curly-toed boots, and as they stride along they wave their huge scimitars in the air. The women wear glittering tiaras and silken pants; they sway along the street, belly-dancing in perfect unison, with the gold coins at their neck and waist tinkling merrily.
The Christians, by contrast, are a rather dowdy lot; the men are often dressed as gallant crusaders but their womenfolk wear long gowns and prim hair-dos.
One suspects that the Christian force is probably made up of the genuine article: Roman Catholic church-goers. To the rest of the town the fiesta is just a party, and they can have fun playing "the bad guys".
The Christians get the last laugh, of course, because they end up as the winners.