Outings – Leisure | 400 enthusiasts are expected in Avignon for the “historic walk” at the Palais des Papes

“It will have a mouthful! It will be beautiful and aesthetic.” Patrick Duval, founder of the medieval Rose d’Or festival, which welcomes thousands of enthusiasts to the island of Barthelasse every two years, is more involved than ever. With several troops of reenactors from the south of France, he planned to demonstrate tomorrow morning. A demonstration, certainly looking like a parade, “but a demonstration indeed protesting”, assures the one we also know by his stage name of “Grand Inquisitor”. “Just like street artists and occasional entertainment workers, we want to be able to reorganize our popular festivals, our events, our shows. We are a part of living history. Since the end of 20
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