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  5° Camargue
Festival
 To
know everything about birds and pink flamingos by observing them with guided tours by ornithologists or naturalists
... workshops nature for the children, films, exposures in painters,
sculptors, illustrators, photographers, naturalists ... at Port
St Louis , Arles, Saintes
Maries, and Fos.
May 1st- 7th
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Strawberry Festival at Velleron
 Tasting
and sale of course, but also folklore, music and 150 antics dealers
are waiting for you to spend a good day.
May 8th
36th
Exhibition Rose
Grasse paying  homage to the queen of flowers, the rose, in the rooms and gardens
of the villa Museum Fragonard : "Perfums of the world" is
the theme of this year.
May 8th- 11th
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 The Transhumance Fêtes
 It's spring again and the traditional transhumance
fêtes : The shepherds parade with their flocks of sheep and
goats accompagnied by traditional carts and of course the donkeys.
The folklore musicians lead the parade and the shepherds and cowboys
follow on behind…and eveyone meets up for an apéritif. In the evening,
the shepherds service, the village dance and throughout the day
the big farmers market with local products, succulent goats cheeses
and all sorts of wool products.
St Martin de Crau : May 10th -11th
Remy-de-Provence : May 12th
Eyguières : May 25th
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 The
61th Festival of Cannes
Sean Penn as
president...
In the jury : Natalie Portman, Sergio Castellitto, Rachid Bouchareb... In the competition : Clint Eastwood, Dardennes brothers, Arnaud Desplechin,
Wim Wenders, Stephen Soderbergh...
Stars, wannabees and starlettes will of course all
be there on the croisette.
May 14th to 25th
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 The May Festival at Nice
This festival is probably the oldest in Nice folklore. Every Sunday
in the month of May, picnics, dancing and folklore performances brighten
up the Cimiez gardens and amphitheatre
Thursday 1st May & Sunday 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th
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  Les Baux de Provence
New
show from the audiovisual extravaganza,
Cathédrale d'Image:
Van Gogh
A unique piece of art testifies to the extent of his creative genius,
exploring all the techniques of watercolour drawing, from the expressive
art of portraits to the fantastic colours of nature which Van Gogh
discovered during his time spent in Provence.... Once
again the show promises to be spectacular!
from
March 1st 2008 untill January 4th 2009 |
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