“Jul, Jul, it’s Jul!” » At the end of the “Belem”, Houari screams. Hood on his head, the Marseille rapper leaves the three-masted ship, now moored along a floating runway installed in the Old Port. The Phoenician city, bubbling for hours, bursts into flames. The music resonates. “Go ahead Yassine, you’ve been singing that one to us for twelve days! » The young person from the northern districts, however, no longer has a voice. Embarked, with 15 other scouts, on board the “Belem” on April 27 to accompany the flame to Marseille, Yassine was impatiently awaiting this procession at his home in Marseille.
The forty minutes between the harbor and the beating heart of the city were extraordinarily rich in emotion. “Look at this world, there are even people on the roofs of the houses. » Isolated on the old three-masted Fondation Caisse d’Épargne for many days, the 16 young people did not know what to expect. The parades which took place throughout the day, with 1,024 boats, provided an overview. It was nothing compared to the welcome in the Old Port.
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