Today we welcomed in summer with the feux de St Jean. A flame is kept alive in Perpignan all year around which is taken up Mt Canigou to light faggots that have been carried up there from the surrounding villages on both sides of the border. The flame is then brought back down (after a night of serious partying) by a relay of runners and distributed to the villages. Here, there was a torchlight pocession around the village, balloons released, fireworks and a bonfire. As the flames die down the young lads jump over the fire as a test of their courage (I presume). Needless to say there was a fire engine and fire officers on standby. Not a bad idea when the wind was blowing.
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