Category Archives: Festivals in France

Our village as a garden centre

Posted on March 21, 2024 by loren24250

It’s now a March tradition for our village to host a Spring Festival, which is a chance for garden enthusiasts to stock up on plants — just about any kind imaginable. I wrote about this in my blog posting of … Continue reading →

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The call of the garden

Posted on March 15, 2024 by loren24250

This is the time of the year when the call of the garden hits hardest, and countless people feel obliged to start work outside their homes, even if they’re only planning and not yet planting. Of course this is in … Continue reading →

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Our Carnaval’s brighter look

Posted on February 18, 2024 by loren24250

It’s been nearly 13 years (good grief — where does the time go?) since I first wrote about the traditional figure in France known as Pétassou. The jugement de Pétassou, as it’s known, is a feature of school children’s lives … Continue reading →

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Our wacky Sunday parade: Eight looks

Posted on August 22, 2023 by loren24250

In yesterday’s post I provided a brief introduction to Sunday’s parade — the highlight of Daglan’s summer festival — but only one picture. Now, having culled and edited and organized an incredible number of photos, I’m ready to show more. … Continue reading →

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Our wacky Sunday parade: a first look

Posted on August 21, 2023 by loren24250

Our annual village festival is drawing to a close. By this morning (Monday) the bumper-car ride had been dismantled and carted away, leaving our main square open. And of course the highlight of the four-day festival, the Sunday afternoon parade, … Continue reading →

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At last — publicity for our “fun fair”

Posted on August 18, 2020 by loren24250

I can’t say that this will have the tourists pouring in, but a poster has finally been completed and displayed for Daglan’s Fête Foraine de la Saint-Louis, or fun fair, which begins on Friday (yes, just three days from now) … Continue reading →

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Our fun fair — some news, and some fake news

Posted on August 15, 2020 by loren24250

Daglan’s office of the Mayor, the Mairie, and just about everybody else conceivably involved, are being very stingy with details about the Fête Foraine de la Saint-Louis —  a three-day “fun fair”, which is to begin next Friday (August 21). … Continue reading →

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Unfair? No — fun fair!

Posted on August 13, 2020 by loren24250

When it comes to Daglan’s August festival, the Mairie has been providing information in the same way that Trump tweets out major policy statements — a little bit at a time. Recently (in fact, on August 11) I posted “Daglan’s … Continue reading →

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Daglan’s mystery festival (2020 version)

Posted on August 11, 2020 by loren24250

Regular readers will be aware that I refer to Daglan’s August event known as the Fête de la Saint-Louis as our village’s Festival of Heat and Noise. Much of the activities are just fine (games for kids, small rides, booths … Continue reading →

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Heat, sun and a plenitude on the plate

Posted on August 8, 2020 by loren24250

How hot has it been in Daglan, I can almost hear you asking. Well, if this were The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon would ask: “And how hot was it, Johnny?” And Johnny would say something like, “Well, … Continue reading →

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