WWW.COLINDUNCANTAYLOR.COM
  • Home
  • Book
  • Reviews
  • Buy local
  • Buy online
  • Blog
  • Author
  • Press
  • Videos
  • Reader photos
  • Contact
  • Book launch
  • Lancement de livre

Lauragais Blog

Carnival time in Limoux (south of Carcassonne)

17/3/2019

0 Comments

 
It lasts longer than Rio. It follows stricter codes than Venice. And performers and spectators are never further than a confetti-throw from a bar offering bubbly Blanquette de Limoux.

This year the carnival runs from 27 January until 7 April. Three times a day every weekend - plus Mardi Gras - the medieval arcades around the central square resonate to the beat of the drum and the sound of brass and woodwind.
Picture
Picture
But preceding the band are the dancers - different groups every day - wearing a dazzling array of costumes from the traditional to the downright ridiculous. Whatever they are wearing, they love confetti!
Picture
Picture
They've been at it for 400 years, and I'll be back on 7 April for the last night - La Nuit de la Blanquette - a torchlight procession ending with the ceremonial burning of the Carnival King, followed by large quantities of bubbly Blanquette de Limoux.
Picture
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Colin Duncan Taylor, author of ‘Lauragais: Steeped in History, Soaked in Blood’, passionate about this undiscovered corner of south-west France.

    RSS Feed

    France expat blogs

Stay in touch!
Contact
© Copyright 2018 Colin Duncan Taylor. Design by Colin Duncan Taylor.
  • Home
  • Book
  • Reviews
  • Buy local
  • Buy online
  • Blog
  • Author
  • Press
  • Videos
  • Reader photos
  • Contact
  • Book launch
  • Lancement de livre