Braco Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Hi Are there any festivals worth visiting in the Herault area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 There is the last day of the Béziers Féria http://www.toobeziers.com/feria/feriaNot much to my taste but a big event.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braco Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 Thank you for the reply, but not much to my taste either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Le 15 aout is a holiday but what is this assumption stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogs Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 It appears to be a Roman Catholic event http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braco Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 Also big in the Orthodox Church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Ah, religion; this I did not know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I remember well my first quinze aout in France, I thought that the world as we know it had come to an end........ but it hadn't and was simply a lesson in how seriously the quinze aout was taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 [quote user="woolybanana"]Le 15 aout is a holiday but what is this assumption stuff? [/quote]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UfOFd-XHhY&feature=relatedis the basic plainsong materiel of which Palestrina fashioned one of the masterpieces of Renaissance music:here you have only the first section:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_p-_74C6Pwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUK6l-EGBukLater French http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymmb-1QhNpA&feature=relatedI accept the reservations about the beliefs behind it, but there remains a substantial cultural achievement based on hundreds of years of History.After all I don't believe in Greek mythology, but I can appreciate Antigone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 [quote user="Braco"]Hi Are there any festivals worth visiting in the Herault area.[/quote]Have you looked here:http://heraultwhatson.info/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braco Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 Thank you for the links Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Trunk Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 The German for the Assumption is "Maria Himmelfahrt" - Mary goes to heaven. Apart from 60 million Germans, not many people know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 In classical Banana (European variation) that means Mary Thunderclap! How unfortunate for the Germans.In fact, if we put the French and German together in a spirit of European integration, we have something like 'Assuming One's Thunderclap' , which seems as good a reason as any for a holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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