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Up to 20,000 people are expected in Indre this Ascension weekend. A techno festival, the Teknival, takes place there. If some elected officials point to the illegality of this undeclared gathering, the prefecture prefers to supervise it without preventing it, as long as it takes place in good conditions.
For a peaceful, green Ascension weekend, the village of Villegongis, in Indre, is not the most suitable destination. This town of 120 people welcomes between 15,000 and 20,000, who come to take part in a techno festival, the Teknival. The figure could increase further on Thursday, May 18. “Imagine 10,000 people arriving in the middle of the night and during the morning, in a village […] 120 inhabitants” worries Alexis Rousseau-Jouhennet, mayor (DVD) of Levroux (Indre) and president of the community of communes, who says to himself “disillusioned, and also a bit angry with this organization […] spontaneous and above all illegal“.
A festival that should be happening”in good conditions“
Like every year, the festival has not been declared. A security and rescue system is nevertheless put in place by the prefecture, which does not intend to disperse the festival-goers. Stéphane Bredin, prefect of Indre, evokes “a festive gathering which, for now, […] takes place in good conditions“. The last edition dates from before the Covid, in 2019, in Creuse.
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