Wednesday, June 24, 2009

La Fête nationale du Québec / Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Today is la Fête nationale du Québec (Québec's national holiday), which is also referred to as la Fête de la Saint-Jean-Baptiste. We went to the parade - which was SO much better than Montreal's Saint Patrick's Day parade.

The parade consisted of huge, rolling tent-people giants preceded by signs declaring their identity and surrounded by interpretative dancers/artists clarifying their historical significance.

There were a variety of generals, priests and nuns - even Jeanne Mance (our street's namesake) - and some generalized weird stuff. Some pictures:



Unfortunately, we missed the names of most of the giants - here are two that we caught.

Fanfreuleuche - had a children's television show and fixed up classic fairy tales to her liking.
Felix Leclerc was a famous folk singer and and Quebec nationalist.


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