Processional giants and dragons in Belgium and France

Processional giants and dragons in Belgium and France

Country of origin	Belgium, France
Intangible cultural heritage status	Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
Described at URL	https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00153, https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/00153, https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/00153

Processional giants and dragons (French: Géants et dragons processionnels) dinɛ yi Belgium nɛ France la anɛ folkloric pa’alʋg banɛ mɔr processional giants, dinɛ ka UNESCO zaŋi paas lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ anii (2008) la ni, ka ba da dɛŋinm pian’ di yɛla yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ anu nwadis piinɛ yinne la ni.

Dɔlisid malimbama nɛ ba la’abɛda la, nɛ’ɛŋa pa’anɛ bʋntitada banɛ ka ba pa’an la ka di dɔl teŋ wʋsa nɛ di maalʋg. Fʋ ya’a gɔs Belgium dim, bam alima anɛ festivities of Dendermonde (Ommegang van Dendermonde), Mechelen (Ommegang van Mechelen), Mons ( Ducasse de Mons, nɛ the fight dinɛ ka ba pʋdi li yʋ’ʋr "Lumeçon"), Ath (Ducasse d'Ath) nɛ Brussels (Meyboom). Amaa France, bama aan ba malima bɛ Douai (feasts of Gayant) nɛ Cassel (carnival) nɛ totemic animals nɛ ban maani ba si’em bɛ Tarascon nɛ Pézenas (Mardi Gras, ka ba zuŋidi li Mirondela dels Arts Alasid daar kanɛ an yiiga nwadisa ayɔpɔi la ni).

Din pin’il si’em

Processional giant anɛ fuud tita’ar kanɛ zi’eni tis makir bɛɛ ninsaal. Ba di’e di yinɛ medieval malima ni, malima pa’al ye ba ziidi linɛ, ka lɛn pa’al ye di wa’andɛ suor zug giligir saŋa malʋŋ la daar. Di wa’alim nɛ labisim bɛnɛ kɔn’ɔb kɔn’ɔb ka di yʋ’ʋda mɛ yi din bɛ region si’a ni; Fleming dim la ni, ba buoni linɛ reuze, Picards dim mɛ buoni linɛ gayant. Wina’am nidib bɛdegʋ ken la mɛ sʋŋidnɛ pa’an nidib bɛdegʋ banɛ zi’ karʋŋ nɛ sɔbʋg la.

Belgium

Belgium mɔrnɛ nwɛnɛ giants tusir yinne nɛ kɔbisnu (1500) di teŋin. Ba an si’em anɛ wʋʋ din da an si’em 15th century ni la; Goliath of Nivelles, dinɛ ka ba da pʋdigidi li kʋdʋmin sa yʋʋm tusir, kɔbisnaasi nɛ pisnu nɛ ayɔpɔi (1457) la ni, ka an dinɛ kʋdʋgi gaad Belgium giant nam la wʋsa. Belgium mɛ lɛm mɔr giant tita’ar Europe; Jean Turpin onɛ bɛ Nieuwpoort, dinɛ gaad 11 metres (36 ft).

Belgium cultural heritage anɛ malimbama:

• Ducasse d'Ath (withdrawn in 2022)
• Ducasse de Mons
• Meyboom of Brussels
• Ommegang van Dendermonde
• Ommegang van Mechelen

France

Giant la anɛ zanbina la yinne tis Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. Di anɛ laʋkkanɛ an buudi malʋŋ kanɛ ka ba nam maani li nananna ka di pʋ kpiida.

Nananna region la mɔr nwɛnɛ giant nam kɔbisnaasi nɛ pisnu (450), ka ba wigidi gilig sʋ’ʋlim la. Ba mɔr intra-regional zones kɔn’ɔb kɔn’ɔb, ka ba bɛ zin’isieba. Region la zin’ikanɛ an land of giants; tempʋʋg wʋsa mɔrnɛ giant yinne bɛɛ gaadʋg. Ba tituunli anɛ Reuze Papa nɛ Reuze Maman of Cassel, Tisje Tasje of Hazebrouck, Jean de Bûcheron nɛ La Belle Hélène in Steenvoorde, nɛ Totor of Steenwerck. Dinɛ bɛ South, Languedoc region, Pézenas col bɛ anina, nɛ Provence, tarasque of Tarascon (Bouches-du-Rhône).

• Cassel: Reuze Papa nɛ Reuze Maman
• Douai: Gayant, Marie Cagenon, Fillon, Jacquot, Binbin
• Pézenas: le Poulain
• Tarascon: la Tarasque