Праздник, сохраняющий провансальские традиции A holiday that preserves Provencal traditions

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Every year, on the third Sunday of July, Ile-sur-la-Sorgue hosts an unusual festival "La Pеche d'Antan" organized by the "Pescaire Lilen" Brotherhood. This Brotherhood was founded in 1593 for social mutual assistance by the fishermen of the city. Today, all the old traditions of fishing are carefully preserved and once a year are shown to grateful spectators.

So, on the Sorgue River (the area of ​ ​ the Allee du 18 Juin bridge) fishermen gather - members of the Brotherhood. A mandatory attribute is a punt boat, which is called "Le nego-chin". The clothes are traditional - black trousers, a gray flannel belt, a white shirt and a dark waistcoat. Then the real show begins! On the shore, girls dressed in ancient dresses cheer up their heroes. The audience applauds continuously. And the fishermen demonstrate various ways of catching fish, compete - who will catch the most, and in the final they catch trout, standing waist-deep in water, with their hands! For reference - the water temperature in Sorga does not exceed 12 degrees (!! ! )
At the end, all those gathered honor the heroes and solemnly sing one of the Provencal hymns "Coupo Santo". Then the procession moves to the Church of Notre Dame de Anges to bless the catch and the fish is distributed to everyone. Awesome action!