Sunday June 17th saw the streets of Charroux decked with flowers ready for the 'Ostensions' parade of relics.
This happens every seven years and 2009 has seen similar events in Confolons and other towns and cities in Poitou-Charente.
Ministers and officials and congregations from the church dress in all their finery and parade around the town exhibiting all the relics stored in the Abbaie vaults.
My thanks go to Jane & Peter who took all the photos for me as I couldn't get there and man the tea-stand for Mrs T's teas at Jacki's 'concours de cross'--which she'd thoughtlessly organised on the same day!
It looked a super day and they took so many pictures that it was hard to decide the best to display here on my blog. I feel -- although having fun at Beau Regard, that we rather missed out on some serious French culture.
Hopefully I'll manage to get there to see it again in 2016!
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