Flower Carnival in French Riviera
Visit festivals and flower parade 2012
Parade of Cavalaire-sur-Mer - Sunday, February 19th, 2012
Information about the Carnival of Cavalaire 20122 The tradition of the big Provençal parades. A dozen floats realized by associations will participate in the big parade in the streets of the city center and folk grops will liven up streets with a carnival on the Esplanade of the Port under the sign of the comic strip. Not to miss it
Corso de Bormes-les-Mimosas - Dimanche 26 février 2012
Information about the Carnival of Bormes 2012 Bormes-les-Mimosas Flower Carnival colored winter in a strong tradition among Borméens. For generations, the latter for months designing the structures of floats beautifully decorated with fresh flowers and mimosas. Closing with the traditional battle of flowers.
Procession of floral floats of Lavandou - Sunday, March 18th, 2012
Carnival of Nice - From February 17th till March 04th, 2012
Information about the Carnival of Nice 2012 For more than 15 days, Nice lives at the rate of this authentic and magic event come to forget the winter under the sun of Côte d'Azur!
The story and the tradition of the Flower Parade
Carnival Story. The flower carnival originates from Egypte and Greece. These countries coming from paganism used to celebrate respectively the Apis bull and the Bacchus bull, they were being immolated while people danced and were screaming of joy. Before that, a human victim replaced the bull. From 1420 the carnival consisted of a bull adorned of feather and dazzling objects and clothes, and a child, king of the butchers that was perched on its back. This practice was abolishes in 1790 and restored in 1805. After that, the king of the butchers was replaced by a float full of young girls wearing mythologycal ceremonials of Love (hence the Queen's float). Then the Corso got its inspiration from Italy with floats decorated by leaves and branches, pulled on the main street by participants allowed to make fun of the local key figures. From 1950 the corsos in the South became a tourist show with majorettes, bands, flower battles, paying stand, tractors, amusement rides... losing all their villager and religious roots...
Procession of floral floats of the Lavandou VIP platform or the passageway, 18th in March, 2012 in the main entrance. Parade of Bormes in February 24th, 2012, Cavalaire in February 19th, 2012, saint-Maxime in February, 2012, Carnival of Nice from February 17th till March 04th, 2012, Menton, carnival of the lemon from February 18th till March 09th, 2012. Carnival of the mimosa in Napoule 17th on February 26th, 2012
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