Every year each family used to hold the French celebrate a birthday, wedding anniversary, celebration father, mother celebration, moving to a new home, they invite friends and relatives to eat dinner "is cremaillere pendre" format party as "warming" in our country like that. At work, they just wait for opportunity to co-promotion is the party were held immediately. The military, police, customs ... .. who can also be a party to "wash cans" called "arrosergallon." In short, the French love to party, festival, gala evening, makeup, parades, dancing, drama. And every time like this, delicious Champagne with two degrees alcohol flowing.
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A continuous flow HISTORY:
In 1950, when Paris is not a capital light, King Lothaire was a wild boar attack. Gratitude to the poet Saint-Antoine line was dedicated to the rescue, the king allowed the monks folk festival. This is the opportunities for the poor priest's room to accumulate less difficult days. According to legend, folk festivals Pain d'epica (pastries made with spices, grains, wood medicine) was born. Then there are countless other folk dance festival (Bals populaires) took place on the square, street. 2008 Spring Festival d'epice pain first occurred in 1000 Bois de Vincennes, near Paris, attracting 3.5 million visitors!

According to the timeline, the French laid out more fully the festival. Happy Three Kings (ie the astrologer to find comedy of Jesus), celebrate the harvest red wine, good wheat bread, good for people who love each other (Valentine), honor the deceased (Fête des Morts ), celebrate national heritage (Fête de la Patrimoine) ... And of course they never held a large party the night of Christmas expectations (Reveillon) and Eve years old, said in welcoming the new year. Nor can not celebrate jubilantly happy national day on October 14 every year (also known as the Bastille prison on break). Program folk dance group in the large garden of the ancient fortress was one of the most famous item of France.

From 1937 to now, the task of organizing the festival spiritual home of all the items fireworks, dancing, fairs, decorating the streets in Paris and many other cities were assigned to the firefighter force. This is the opportunities for additional fire fighting unit funding activities during the year. No city, town, any village in France, from Nice to Pitre, not a separate festival. What is fair in May in Metz, Saint Romaim fair in Rouen, near Paris Loges ceremony, light ceremony (Fête des Lumieres) in Lyon, fairs celebrate the pleasures (Fête des Plaisirs) flower festival (Fête des Fleurs) in Bordeaux ... and two giant fair in Champagne and Burgundy are attracting wine merchants around the world. But do not mistake that only the locals did to celebrate the occasion. Program selling crafts fair cum culinary vacation in Lille on the first weekend in September of journalists also attracted 2 million people.

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Each August, the city became the center of Lorient festival international Celte (celebrate culture, history, origin Celte) with not less than 1 million participants. From 1981 to present, on the National Day holiday 14 / 7 Mahalon village with 800 residents welcomed back more than 1,000 guests attended the festival L'Insolite fun to be satisfied when the track competition odds the world: fast race on a bed fitted with wheels, when wheel throwing crêpe, bend test ... beer bottle caps.

AND ONE Characterized culture ...
Interested in music, film music, French drama should have laid out several events to celebrate, set up several awards for more flexible family eating occasions. Today the Cannes International Film Festival is one of the leading film events in the world. But France does have an international festival. There's also the Asian Film Festival held annually at Deauville in northwest France, Cognac Film Festival, criminal, film festivals Gérardmer horror, comedy festivals, film festivals animation ... every September, the Avignon became the city's theater whole of Europe. In 1982, culture minister Jack Lang and the arts, known as a "professional organization and event parties" by President François Mitterrand created the Fête de la Musique in June every year. Today this ceremony has income 120 countries around the world, including Vietnam (the central program of cultural exchanges in French-Idecaf City). Then there was the campaign White Night (lit monuments, historical events to recur to the crowd by participating in all night) has been copied in 14 cities around the world, from Toronto to Montreal Mianmi and this is going to Tokyo. Events Paris Plage (Paris Beach) takes place in a month from late July to late August every year, spread over both banks of the Seine river flows across the French capital, hundreds of thousands of tons of sand to the beach, now hours have been many major cities around the world to imitate.

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But there are festivals and festivals of France that no one can imitate, such as bicycle racing around France Tour de France; celebrations in 1300 founded the monastery on the Mont-Saint-Michel (flame mountains located between the sea from the mainland that we can walk down to the tide) started in spring 2008 and lasted until 18 months ... with a long chain of events. Or as the festival Grande Armada 5 th place in Rouen past summer. This is a unique event in the world, gathering of 2000 sailing 12 countries with 15,000 sailors in a sea song competition parade. Grande Armada Festival in 2003 a record number of participants up to 9 million! And sure there are many French festivals where there is no place to imitate. That's celebrations are a liar, won the festival for those who seek the ideal lover, the festival of prehistoric life, living the Renaissance Festival, festival producers and wine to enjoy as time empire La Ma, festival bowl contest the forces of nature.