A fete worse than death? Hardly in the Hautes-Pyrénées!

LA Times (USA) reports on an annual festival in Luquet (the annual fete locale, or traditional village fair, for this medieval hamlet) with its neighbour Saint Christaud. Luquet is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France.

The women were busy preparing a sit-down cassoulet feast for 400 people, and as a treat for the women they were rewarded with a meal of fresh escargot!

A good fete involves a lengthy petanque competition; dancing and music till dawn; drinking for the same period of time; grilled Toulouse sausage and the cassoulet. Flirting is a must!

Sounds like fun!

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