Fête votive d'Ongles
Ongles, a quiet perched village on the Lure mountain plateau, honours its patron saint with the familiar rituals of a Haute-Provence fête votive: pétanque, communal aperitif, messe and an evening of music and dancing.
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Fête de la Lavande de Sault
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Fête du Lac d'Allos
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Fête Votive et Grande Foire de Pertuis
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Fête votive de Banon
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Fête votive d'Esparron-de-Verdon
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Fête votive de Jaujac
"A two-day village celebration in this former mining commune in the Anjou Bleu, with live music, food trucks, a fireworks spectacle and a new fountain light show over the August long weekend."
Saint-Blaise en Fête
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Fête de l'Assomption
"A quirky and beloved late-summer village fête in the high Doubs plateau village of Les Fourgs celebrating the working donkey with themed evenings, a festive atmosphere and local food."
Fête de l'âne
"Corsica's oldest fair and most revered pilgrimage, held in a tiny Niolu mountain village for nearly five centuries: the spiral procession of hooded penitents called A Granitula winds through the square on 8 September while over a hundred shepherds and artisans trade around them."
A Santa di u Niolu