Throughout the day, the Alésien editorial team of Objectif Gard invites you to follow live the various events of this second day of the Ascension feria.
12:30 p.m., at the table!
Before the awards ceremony for the abrivado competition, the streets of the city center and the Town Hall square are alive with the hunger of Alesians who flock to the bodegas, bars and restaurants to share a warm moment and savor specialties .
Max Roustan, with a watchful eye on the progress of the service. • Photo Louis Valat
The paellas are ready! • Photo Louis Valat
12 p.m., IGP Cévennes wines in the feria
Denis Verdier, present at the IGP Cévennes bodega • François Desmeures
Rue Albert-Ier, the protected geographical indication of Cévennes wines opened its bodega at 11 a.m. this Thursday. With, for an aperitif, the former president of the cooperative cellars of France and current president of the Cooperative Wine Institute, Denis Verdier.
11:30 a.m., abrivado competition launched on avenue Carnot
The abrivado competition always brings together a compact crowd at Place Gabriel-Péri • François Desmeures
Near the recently burned building on Place Gabriel-Péri, the number of places was reduced to attend the abrivado competition, in the rising heat. A moment rich in emotions for participants and spectators.
The catchers competed in courage behind the bulls • François Desmeures
• François Desmeures
A bull from the Aubanel herd managed to escape… • Photo Louis Valat
Taking the course in the wrong direction, he found himself facing the horses of the herd • François Desmeures
Until the shock… • François Desmeures
The bull was finally reinstated with his companions • François Desmeures
11 a.m., the Provençal parade to the rhythm of the manadiers’ clogs
The Provençal mass parade. • Photo Louis Valat
In the company of municipal representatives, traditional Provençal groups and Clara Crouzette, elected Miss Alès 2024, accompanied by her first runners-up Sahra Zoubaï and Angelyne Bres, the Provençal mass parade led the manadiers and spectators to the abrivados competition which takes place at 11:30 a.m.
9 a.m., nearly 500 people at the Provençal mass
Between 500 and 600 people for the Provencal mass • François Desmeures
In true spring weather, around 500 people took communion in the green theater of the Bosquet garden for the traditional Povençal mass on Ascension Day. A mass pronounced by the Bishop of Nîmes, Nicolas Brouwet, in the presence of the Beaucair association Soie et velvet d’Argence, the mayor, Max Roustan, his first deputy, Christophe Rivenq, the deputy for the 4th constituency, Pierre Meurin , kneeling during the consecration, and Miss Alès and her two dauphines. At the end of mass, the bishop blessed the horses of the horsemen in the abrivado competition, which begins at 11:30 a.m. on avenue Carnot. Before soprano Élisabeth Aubert and tenor Luca Lombardo sing two opera arias. The mass parade started around 11 a.m.
Miss Alès and her two dauphines, at the end of Provençal mass • François Desmeures
The Bishop of Nîmes, Nicolas Brouwet, during the blessing of the handlers and horses of the abrivado competition • François Desmeures
The soprano, Élisabeth Aubert performing Puccini • François Desmeures
