All summer, franceinfo reporters take up challenges. This week, they are taking part in unusual championships: Arhur Fradin entered the French pig cry imitation championship in Trie-sur-Baïse, in the Hautes-Pyrénées.
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It is under the pig hall of Trie-sur-Baïse, formerly one of the most important pig markets in France (up to 6,000 piglets every Tuesday morning) that the French championship of pig cries is traditionally held. . The principle : “Imitate the cry of the pig at all stages of its life: from birth, to breastfeeding, until the death of the animal“, details Yannick Barrère, the announcer of the event.
Never mind, our reporter Arthur Fradin launches. After learning the “oui-oui” technique from Noël Jamet, six times world champion and four times champion of France, he goes on stage, in front of the ten jurors.
Despite a nice ovation, followed by an unbearable suspense, (Noël Jamet, listening to his performance, lets him dangle a top 3), no podium finally. Noël Jamet, on the other hand, wins his fifth crown of champion of France in imitation of the cry of pig.
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