When the Tourist Office asked to revitalize the front yard of the Palais des Congrès during the Comic Strip meetings, L’Écho de la granhòta presented traditional Occitan games. The audience was not ashamed of their happiness.
There was such a festive atmosphere this weekend around the Palais des Congrès. oh ! Of course, this hosted the fifteenth edition of the Rencontres de la BD. Thousands of visitors flocked there. But … these multi-colored flags mark different spaces in the plaza, these children and adults meet together often laughing and in joyful turmoil about fifteen wooden activities and games, what was that? ?
It was the L’Echo de la granhòta association that came to provide activities to revitalize the square during these two days. Participating in the transmission and promotion of Occitan culture, it made available for free a variety of traditional game accessories from the region, which it introduced in Occitan. : iron gameAnd stool gameAnd BerettaAnd Bye mayorAnd stairsAnd closed feet, etc.
They are all caught up in the game
Under these names that reflect a living past, hide the game of horseshoes to be thrown on a stick planted in the ground, tambourine, a team sport practiced in France with more than 5 000 licensees and from “ The federation has been recognized by the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) since December 1981 National Sports Federation “, the beret, the game of the postman who never passed and will never pass, the hopscotch and “ closed feet Petanque. Nine bowling, stick games, and Japanese billiards in particular completed the show.
At the end of the day, Dorothée, an active member of the Echo de la granhta, was able to make a very simple and cheerful evaluation “ We don’t know how many people played, but it wasn’t empty “.
In fact : Children, parents and grandparents, all share and share long and beautiful moments of complicity, in appreciation of this family and their friendly side.
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