Organizing a festival ? Run out of ideas ? Why not have a theme day? So far this week we've seen the garlic peeling contest, the competition for the best garlic soup recipe and the prize for the most beautifully decorated garlic strand . Yesterday was theme day - 'Portugal and its garlic recipes'. You couldn't make it up if you tried.To kick the festivities off the organizers had imported a band, a group of folkloric Portugese dancers replete with castanets, and four brightly coloured ladies on stilts. By the time we arrived the stilted ladies were to be found perched on a shady step opposite the chocolate shop where they were eyeing up the eclairs. Not so much Priscilla Queen of the Desert more Priscilla Queen of the Dessert . Finally, half an hour after the published time, the band started up, the stilted ladies tottered to their feet and the dancers stormed through the garlic stalls swirling and castaneting away.
Wilf wisely stayed at home to keep Aude the decorator company. PON's , stilt dancers, castanets and bands are not a happy combination.
All they need is the bus!
ReplyDeleteYou do not have to travel far for incredible entertainment.
XXXOOO Daisy, Kendra & Bella
You mean the garlic festival is still going on? How long does it take to celebrate garlic? Well, a long time, apparently.
ReplyDeletewags, Lola
any reason for a party!! like the new blog look!
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The picture of the "stilted ladies" sitting make them look a little unreal and remind me of marionettes!
ReplyDeleteWas this the final encore for the Garlic Festival? Will there be garlic juggling and is there a Garlic Queen or King crowned at the end of it all? :-)
Damn. At first glance I thought you'd at last revealed Mme. Bay!
ReplyDeleteNever a dull moment.
ReplyDeleteWhere is Madame Bay during all of this?
Those stilted ladies have beautiful costumes! Love the colors.
ReplyDeleteAll this over garlic. Who knew?
ReplyDeleteI had no idea garlic had such a cult following in rural France! I'm sure Wilf could have managed to make that party even more festive!
ReplyDeleteYou changed your background! I like it!
ReplyDeleteInteresting picture of the stilted ladies leaning up against the building.
Did Madame Bay go too? Did you get any pictures of her? I kind of imagine her dressing like the stilted ladies on an average day.
Yowsa,
ReplyDeleteHow many more ways can peoples celebrate garlic....? :)
Woofs and Licks,
Maggie Mae
the smell of garlic is going to be ever present even after this festival is long over! i do love those stilted ladies' costumes -- lovely colors. although, it was a good idea for wilf to stay home. a stilt to the paw would be painful. :(
ReplyDeletep.s. -- if garlic gets this kind of reception, i'm dying to see what kind of celebration the french have for mirepoix! lol!
ReplyDeleteHey there Mongoose...
ReplyDeleteRickety old farm house or not, you have all the entertainment you need as 'ripe' old age settles in.
I have a suspicion I owe you a 'belated happy birthday'..or perhaps I didn't quite read one of your previous posts right. Either way, I don't think I've ever wished you a happy birthday...or a happy un-birthday, so here goes....
HIPPO BIRDIE, TWO EWES!
HIPPO BIRDIE, TWO EWES!
HIPPO BIRDIE, DEER MONGOOSE!
HIPPO BIRDIE, TWO EWES!
The arithmetic:....Age related rhetoric, family gatherings and a general air of festivity!
Sending lotsaluv to you and your family
MAXMOM IN SOUTH AFRICA
Awww, Portugal (Por-too-gall)
ReplyDeleteMy folks lived their in the '70's, wonderful place and oh, the PiriPiri Chicken and real Vino Verde. Luckily enough, they carry my folks favorite one at Trader Joes, a local 'healthy food' store here.