2008年10月29日水曜日

Autumn Festival




France has a lot of festivals. This country is, as you know, famous for wine, so I introduce to you the famous wine festival in Beaune called LES TROIS GLORIEUSES that means glorious three days in English.
Beaune is a center of Bourgogne and the wine festival is the biggest there. The festival which is held on the third Saturday, Sunday and Monday in every November means that people thank God for wine ageing without incident. So far it is held 147times and many people visit from all over the world.

During this festival, a lot of booths for wine tasting are prepared. You can enjoy wine tasting with cheese and breads if you pay 10euros for wineglass which is substitute for admission ticket. Some wines are valuable and you can drink them only during this festival. Anyway, number of wines is so many, so you go drunk if you drink all wines. And auction is held on Sunday. This is the most canonical in the world. One more highlight of this festival is unique parade. You can see the people wearing folk costumes, funny clowns and so on.

When I go to France, I really want to join this festival because I can experience French culture sufficiently, though I don’t drink wine.

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