It has become a ritual. Every Saturday preceding the “Horse Passion” show (January 18-22 at the Parc des expositions), a district of Avignon sees its bitumen covered in dung. But for the good cause we reassure you. More seriously, each year, a team from “Horse Passion” travels to offer free pony baptisms for children as well as a festive parade. Yesterday afternoon, it was the peña “La Provençale” which surveyed the rue de la République, the place de l’Horloge and the place du Palais as a musical locomotive. About twenty Camargue horses had come for the occasion from Noves, from the breeding of Benoît Soumille.
The rider, moreover, will again be present at “Horse Passion” this year, he who, last year, during the Golden Manes, had proposed a breathtaking number. “But where are the bulls? asked a child to his mother, yesterday, surprised by this equine parade. “Genius!“, exclaimed for her part a lady of a certain age, at the sight of slender Camargue people.I had completely forgotten that it was next week “Horse Passion”. Fortunately they are there, it serves as a reminder shot! A few meters away, Serge Valetti, the screenwriter of Robert Guédiguian, followed the procession, with his shopping bags in hand. The mascot of the equestrian show, Crin d’or (“inhabited” yesterday by Jean-Louis), had also made the trip to the intramural area of Avignon. A furry biped for teasing a few days before the international event.
