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- The Quiz
- Articles of the week… The Minerva no longer responds...
- We talk a little, a lot, passionately … Passadoc!… The Tet Party... I remember...
The fisherman of Provence… The Provencal shuttle... His name was Ottaway Bethard Cornwell... Nice Carnival... - Vagabonds…
- Photos from yesterday…
- The Library of Passadoc.
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Claude Boyer
The Minerva no longer responds...
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Passadoc
February 2021! A year already...
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André Abbe
Tet Party!
Happy Tiger Year! 1and February 2022 marks the beginning of the Tiger year in China and Vietnam. I wish the Provencals who have Vietnamese ancestors on the occasion of this Tet Day.
They are numerous in the area of Fréjus (Var), where the Indo-Chinese soldiers and their families were formerly stationed.
The year of the Dragon and the year of the Tiger are apparently the most favorable of the 12 of the calendar. I am myself of the Monkey's year able to climb on the tiger's back without the tiger being able to attack him. The smartest are rarely the toughest.
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I remember...
1990... The fire had departed from Vidauban and had gone as far as the sea as it was devastating
the Moorish forest in its part Roquebrunoise.
[Brune in images – Page 49]
Twenty years later...
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Giselle Penat-Lorde
The Poissonnière de Provence
The term "fisherman" is not intended to compliment the person he designates. It is used today to qualify a woman as a vulgar exuberant woman, but it must be said that yesterday's fish harvesters did nothing to heal their reputation.
A fisherman (peissouniero in Provencal, piscaria In medieval Latin) is of course a fish saleswoman. It is even most of the time the wife of a fisherman who sells at auction the product of his man's fishing. As soon as the fresh fish arrive, she runs the streets screaming:
– Anas in the pescarie, there's madnesso pey, es fresc and bouen marcat !
[Go to the fish shop, there is a lot of fish, it is fresh and cheap].
All morning, the brave woman is going to yell at her head to attract the client and boast about the quality of her fish:
– Just pey! That's right!
[What a fish! How alive he is!]
The poor reputation of fish harvesters dates back to the dawn of time. A 1550 Provençal song tells us some beautiful ones!
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Philippe Natalini
The Provencal shuttle!
02 February, Chandeleur's day, it is customary to blow up pancakes. But in Provence, and more precisely in Marseille, this tradition has a variant. It's not the pancakes we taste, but the Shuttles... This is why...
The shuttle is a Provencal pastry traditionally associated with the city of Marseille, it is a biscuit in the shape of a boat of 7 to 8 centimetres, enjoying nature or flavoured with orange blossom or lemon.
There are two versions explaining the history of this Provencal manufacture.
According to the first version, the Provençal shuttle commemorates the arrival [on February 2] on the Mediterranean shore of a frail boat without sail or trains of the "Saintes Maries" (Marie-Madeleine, Marie-Salome, Martha and Marie-Magdeleine) from the Holy Land on the coast of Provence, two millennia ago. It was in memory of this event that Mr Aveyrous created in 1781 a biscuit in the shape of a tray.
The Second Legend says that a statue of the Virgin fell on the banks of the Lacydon calanque near Marseilles. She was dressed in a green dress and a golden crown, she was made of polychrome wood, bruised and salted by the patina. The artisans of Marseille have adapted this appearance which symbolized for them a sign of destiny and a mark of protection and dedicated it a tasty pastry...
Since the end of the XVIII century, every 2 February (date of the arrival of the Saints on the Mediterranean coasts), all the Provençal population tastes the shuttles blessed by the archbishop of the city, near the Abbey of Saint-Victor.
Today, this tradition is still in effect and you can enjoy this Provencal specialty, still crafted every day of the year to the satisfaction of the gourmets. Strongly rooted in Provencal culture, the Catholic religion and this culinary tradition are strongly mixed. Indeed, the date of February 2 symbolizes in Catholic culture the Feast of Chandeleur. This tradition originated from the purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of the child Jesus at the temple forty days after Christmas.
The faithful marched through the procession with candles lit and blessed in memory of Mary's purification. Today, this feast has lost its religious connotation and it evokes the day when we eat pancakes. According to some, the arrival of the Saints of Palestine on February 2 on the Mediterranean shore would not be a coincidence, which is why the tradition of eating pancakes on Chandeleur's day was replaced by the tasting of shuttles. The orange blossom that perfumes the shuttles is the symbol of virginity and fertility. In the Provençal tradition, the shuttles had to be purchased in a batch of twelve, each representing the twelve months of the year. These cookies are assimilated to the blessed candles of Chandeleur. The candles, endowed with many virtues, were preciously preserved in the family cabinet. Their flames were supposed to protect the mas and sheepfolds from lightning.
Happy celebration of Chandeleur, eat pancakes or shuttles, or, for the most gourmet, both!
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His name was Ottaway Bethard Cornwell.
To re-emphasize Steve Leleu's admirable work of memory, hereafter the story of his incredible discovery.This Variese, after several years of hard searches and searches, managed to trace the story of an American fighter pilot shot down over our department on January 27, 1944. After the accidental discovery of aircraft debris on a hill in the western part of the department, this young Varois carefully reconstructed the story of an air battle that cost the life of an American pilot, and whose grave he also found. This American pilot will no longer remain an unknown soldier buried at the American cemetery in Draguignan: His name was Ottaway Bethard Cornwell.
Thanks to the discovery of the remains of his plane by this Varis, Steve Leleu, and thanks to his equally incredible investigation, Lieutenant Cornwell will no longer officially be an unknown soldier buried in the American cemetery in Draguignan.
He was the first lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force during World War II and was wearing the number N°0-665528.He belonged to the 12th Air Force, 52nd Fighter Group, 4th Fighter Squadron and was flying a Spitfire JK-948 when he was shot down in an air battle, like two of his comrades, on 27 January 1944, somewhere in the Var West.
On the morning of 27 January 1944, the 4th Fighter Squadron to which Lieutenant Cornwell belonged took off from Calvi, Corsica, for a reconnaissance mission. The squadron, commanded by Major Houston, consists of eight Spitfire aircraft. Four take the east direction of the department, the first Lieutenant Cornwell sets course for the west Var. He is accompanied by the second Lieutenant Harold Beedle, 31, from North Dakota, the second Lieutenant Lyle Kater, 23, from Missouri, and finally Lieutenant Burchfield, the only one who will return from this mission.
Arriving in the area, American pilots found German aircraft stationed at an airfield. Following the landing in Italy, the Luftwaffe just sent the day before, the reinforcements of a JG2 squadron. The American pilots are attacking. First, the Germans are surprised, and lose a plane on the ground. But several hunters still manage to take off. Among the Reich Army drivers is Ziegfried Lemke, an ace of the Luftwaffe still in the process, which is only a dozen wins. On that day, he added three to his list: Lieutenants Cornwell and Beedle were shot not very far from the airfield. Lieutenant Kater is hunted to the islands of Hyères and lost at sea. Only Burchfield escapes German pilots. His combat report, obtained from the American authorities by Steve Leleu, allowed to trace one of his missing comrades and finally put a name on his burial in Draguignan.
The crash sites, listed and protected by the Regional Council for Cultural Affairs and the Gendarmerie, are voluntarily kept secret from the general public.
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The Carnival of Nice
The final preparations for a major event for the Niçois are in full swing because it is soon the Carnival!
The Nice Carnival takes place every winter in February for two weeks. Every year, a new title is chosen for his Majesty King of Carnival, which becomes the theme of the event. The parades consist of about twenty tanks made of paste cardboard and whose representation is related to the theme of the year. For more than 15 days, the city lives at the pace of this authentic and magical event. This year, the Carnival will take place from February 11 to February 27. It will be the 138th edition with the theme "King of Animals".
The Carnival of Nice dates back to the Middle Ages. At that time, before fasting for 40 days according to the Catholic Lent tradition, the Niçois enjoyed a rich and rich cuisine. This festive period was accompanied by a series of animations: dances, dances, farandoles, bonfires... It was then permitted to mock everything and everyone, hidden behind masks and disguises, until Mardi Gras.
The first recorded mention of the festivities of the Nice Carnival dates back to 1294, when Charles d'Anjou, Count of Provence, reported that he spent "the happy days of Carnival in Nice. "
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Dom Puig
Chapel of Saint-Hubert of the Castle of Estublon Fontvieille – Bouches du Rhône
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Myrmyr de Combs
Sancto Lucio de Coumboscuro, the village that does not speak Italian...
“An interesting article, especially for Provençals!"
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Claude Boyer
The image comes straight from the surveillance cameras of the Millau Viaduct.
11:47: The vehicles thought they were driving on a sea of clouds...
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Patricia Jouve
In the footsteps of the pastoral heritage of Châteauvallon
Very interesting report on stone constructions dedicated to work in the hill.
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Mo Lalario
A game to learn to speak Marseille, the Provencal...
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Guy Bouyer
Saint-Aygulf
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1950... Rue de la Pompe – Roquebrune-sur-Argens
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Marie-Odile Beraud
Soon the carnival of Nice Will make a thousand eyes shine...
I'm putting you back in time: Carnival in the 1900s.
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Alain Cathala
Inside the church of Notre-Dame-des-Tables Montpellier.
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Palavas-les-Flots... The tank...
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