28 Feb 2017

CARNIVAL IN VILLERS LA VILLE

Villers-la-Ville is a small little town with a total population of 9,572. It is not very far from Brussels and a well liked place to live.

In the north of the village, lie the ruins of the Villers Abbey, which was one of the most important Cistercian abbeys of Europe founded in the 12th Century.

This time I didn't go there to walk amongst the ruins but outside to see the carnival procession, which takes place each year.



Unfortunately the weather was cold and grey and the poor people in their costumes were freezing. But that didn't matter at all, they all had a lot of fun and beer was warming up anyway !



The procession



Monks and a canon to shoot confetti on the public !



The band in the procession



All kind of costumes



The tractor had to pull the carnival wagons



Need a surgery ? here there are surgeons !



The giants of Villers



Beautiful dresses



Clowns and dancers



Doctors, nurses and an "ambulance"



Of course pirates could not be missed



Pigs and cows have fun together



Stewards and pilots in front of an airplane




and the others with fancy costume or masks.

There also was a huge tent with a lot of different food and drinks, and a fancy fair for the kids.






more participants here

13 comments:

  1. The parade looks like great fun. At least it wasn't raining.

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  2. Wonderful coverage of the event. Gala time is here.

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  3. Hi Gattina - looks wonderful fun to be amongst ... but it was a cold and wet weekend ... so glad you were able to go and enjoy yourselves ... cheers Hilary

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  4. Those pigs and cows look quite warm in their costumes. Those stewardesses though...

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  5. super Gattina, this year I seem to be missing everything (Chinese new year, Oruro festival, Venise masks in Brussels...)

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  6. Festivals are so much fun!
    I love the red and black uniforms of the marching band. Hope you are having a great week!

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  7. Looks like a fun day out. Great photos.

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  8. Such a fun day out, some amazing costumes and a lovely tradition.

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  9. Nice costumes. It looked like you had fun.

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  10. Interesting post. Nice captures of the parade.

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  11. Oh my goodness, such fun. We learned about Mardi Gras (same as Carnaval) when we stayed in Alabama one winter -- it was such fun to celebrate with all the parades and parties. Where we grew up in the Pacific Northwest corner of the USA, we knew nothing about this. We had Lent (I went to Catholic grade school) but no celebration leading up to it. Only the suffering part of it ;>)

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  12. Looks like a lot of fun. And what a charming town too.

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