#60 / Spectator
Last weekend saw the third
annual Feria at Cavaillon. A celebration of the Melon and the Bull… Over three
days the town was taken over by an orgy of Melon eating, Abrivados, Courses
Camarguaise, and an introduction of a ‘person’ into the Order of Knights of the
Melon… which sounds a little Monty Python to me and I’m sure that Michael Palin
would have appreciated the absurdity of it if he’d travelled to this corner of
the world. Though who am I to scoff at it…
This morning we drove into
Cavaillon to get our shopping before the shops closed for the day (it being the
14th July) He saw a poster of the Feria still on one of the
advertising panels. We missed the Abrevado this time - which is his favourite
events during the Feria, so he asked hopefully if we would still be able to go
along to see another ‘Avocado’…
This
event was a ‘Course’ at the Arene in Cavaillon. We arrived in time for the
second half and saw three bulls taking on the Rasteurs of the Club Taurin Paul Ricard
de Cavaillon. Entrance was free, but I was still stung on the finger by an inquisitive
wasp which seemed to have the same fondness for Orangina as my son does. This
particularly athletic bull spent most of his moment in the spotlight jumping behind
the red painted wooden hoardings meant for protecting the Rasteurs and the
crowd and making circuits of the arena.
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