Rieux-Volvestre that you pronounce in Occitan Rius (say May, say my popularament Rius that not Rius de Volvèstre) / popularly speaking, the toponym is pronounced Rius and rarely Rius de Volvèstre). Once is not custom, Rieux-Volvestre is a name of a commune of Occitan origin. Rieux corresponds to the French pronunciation of the Occitan word Rius. E un riu, que es aquò? A riu, it is a stream or a river. Alavetz brave world, avet a riu that raja has Rius / you have a river flowing in Rieux: it is the Arize. Note that the city of Rieux is beautifully installed in the meander that forms the Arize.
In Rieux-Volvestre, there is a very old festival …
Imagine that this festival has an Occitan name amb la fèsta o la hèsta del Papagai. A papagai, es an ausèl, an ausèth / it’s a bird. Lo papagai, it is the parrot. It is a very old medieval festival. With the Compagnie des Archers du Papagai founded in 1585. Since that time, the tradition of Archery Papagai remains alive in the city of Rieux Volvestre. Usually this holiday takes place on the first Sunday in May.
Originally, aquò’s una legenda creada in 1948:
Originally, this feast of Papagai will begin in 1948 with a legend: indeed, after years of playing this game, the organizers of the festivities decided to give a mystical dimension to this tradition. This legend will be written by Jules Ponsolle, poet and Félibre Gascon, for the 1958 Félibrée, which that year takes place in Rieux Volvestre (the Félibrée being the annual festival of Escòla Deras Pirenèas). End finala, find out who coma 2620 estatjants in Rius / 2620 inhabitants approximately in Rieux-Volvestre. Farewell-siatz to all Rivois who are listening to us this morning.
– Géraud Delbès
– Géraud Delbès
– Géraud Delbès