This weekend we celebrate Easter.
Pâques (Easter) is celebrated with a plethora of chocolate,
including eggs, bunnies, chickens, ducks, fish and bells.
Hmmm… fish and bells?
Well, apparently, the fish are carried over from the 1 April which often
falls on or around Easter weekend and tradition dictates that mischievous
children stick paper fish on the backs of unsuspecting adults – who reward them
with chocolate fish!
The bells - Cloche volants – Flying Bells have a religious significance,
because on Good Friday all the bells in France fly off to the Vatican in Rome taking
with them the grief of those mourning Christ’s Crucifixion. The church bells in France are then silent until
Easter Sunday when they return and ring out to celebrate the Resurrection of
Christ. They also spread chocolate and
decorated eggs over the gardens of France which the children collect when they
hear the bells.
So, chocolate fish and bells – who knew?
Whatever you do in the Gironde and Dordogne regions over the Easter week, have a great time.
Best wishes,
Helen
Week 16
Monday 15 April
Tuesday 16 April
Wednesday 17 April
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| La Breche cinema in Ste Foy |
Thursday 18 April
Friday 19 April
This looks interesting - if you look out over the Dordogne you may well see the kayakers paddling the length of the river.
Saturday 20 April
Sunday 21 April
Coming up...
And finally...
Happiness is... opening the kiln and all is well!
Find my ceramics for sale in the Maison des Artisans in Sauveterre, just across from the Tourist office. #hwpotting
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