They have in common to wear a name that makes you smile but which has precisely allowed them to make a name for themselves. In Corps-Nuds, near Rennes, around forty municipalities with burlesque names are gathered this weekend to celebrate the eponymous festival. Twelve years after its first visit to the region, the event should attract 10 to 15,000 people.
“Take advantage of his name to make a name for himself“, this is the slogan of the group towns with burlesque, picturesque and melodious names. And with such names, necessarily the ideas of communal slogans are not lacking, from the charming “Vatan, here we come again!“, to the frankly saucy one: “Bèze, authentic pleasure…”, “A a hillthere are people on the balcony”, all have the merit of making an impression and attracting the curious.
Host of the event this year, Corps-Nuds near Rennes, in Ille-et-Vilaine and its slogan “Corps-Nuds undresses you” has long inspired the facetious on social networks:
A month ago, this is the actor Lorent Deutsch who proudly posed next to the sign at the entrance to the city.
The other side of the coin, these traffic signs, objects of many strokes of humor on social networks, tend to disappear regularly. “We have to replace two or three a year, it remains a cost for the municipality“, recognizes Alain Prigent, mayor of the small town of 3,500 inhabitants.
Another downside to having such an inspiring name, the joke can sometimes go… a bit too far. Last November, a sexagenarian was sentenced to three months in prison for having regularly walked near a pond… naked near Corps-Nuds.
To read: Justice. 3 months in prison for the “extremist naturist” who walks naked near Corps-Nuds.
If the mayor of Corps-Nuds, Alain Prigent, chose to ride the joke, he still refused to hold a naturist gathering in his town. “There is a limit not to cross so as not to go into the vulgar“, he assures.
“Our name is also used to make us known. And this festival, it must remain fun but it also allows to carry the values around the good life and the heritage.”
Alain Prigent
Mayor of Corps-Nuds
“We are also here to discuss the difficulties of our small rural communities and at the same time, stick together“, assures Sophie Drieux, mayor of Arnac-la-Poste.
In addition to burlesque names, the municipalities also advertise their local specialties on a market. Nearly 5,000 visitors walked its aisles.
A market which will open its doors again from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. this Sunday, July 9, just after the start of a hike whose departure is organized from Place de l’Eglise.
Tonight, concerts are organized until 1am.
2023-07-09 12:17:53
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