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 giants by Helga67
A humorous song was composed about two peasants, Colas and Jacqueline, going to the festival.
In 1995, the giants got a son, Andre-Albert-François.
When they are not at the festival, you can see them in the hall of the Town Hall. Leave a Comment
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Like many towns in Northern France, als Arras has its giants. Their names are Colas and Jacqueline and they were born in 1891, even if they had belonged to the popular tradition since 1812, when their names appeared in a song composed for a celebration in Arras.
These two wicker manikins are 6.25 metres high and wear the clothes of 18th- and 19th-century local peasants.
They were destroyed during WWI, remade after the war and they died again in 1940. They won't be reborn before 1981. The present giants are only 4 metres high and they have got a son. Leave a Comment
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Like many other French towns and cities, also Arras has its Arbre de la Liberté, a tree that was planted to commemorate the French revolution. This one dates of 1989 (the second centenary of the revolution). Leave a Comment
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