20 July 2009

Fête Créole - the Créole Mass


Summer in Menton means festivals. Last weekend Tango, now the Fête Créole, which is now a regular in the Menton calendar.

Yesterday morning there was a Créole Mass in the Basilica of Saint-Michel.

Let's spend a few days with a great group of people from Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyana, Haiti, Maurice, Réunion, the Seychelles and Rodrigues.

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14 comments:

  1. Olivier20 July, 2009

    elle est magnifique, un superbe portrait de cette jeune femme

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  2. Stefan Jansson20 July, 2009

    Fête Créole. Sounds like fun. I guess we can expect more colourful dresses in the coming days then.

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  3. Sally20 July, 2009

    Gorgeous portrait, Jilly.

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  4. Anonymous20 July, 2009

    I like the dress of these folks and their colors and patterns and head gear. All nice.

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  5. brattcat20 July, 2009

    I love all three of these. That portrait...I could get lost in her eyes. And the group scene, under the carved angel...such an array of people, representing so many places. And the comfortable relationship between the subjects in the last. Can't wait for more.

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  6. Hilda20 July, 2009

    Oh wow, I adore the women's colorful clothes and lavish beads! That first portrait is just gorgeous!

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  7. Kate20 July, 2009

    Great portrait! There are some cultures that make fantastic use of colours and prints. Your bottom photo indicates that this certainly is one of them! We have pockets of them in the US (particularly in warmer climates), but generally Americans wear pretty boring colours in their wardrobe. Guess that's why I enjoy México so much!

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  8. B SQUARED20 July, 2009

    A lovely portrait. Look forward to the series.

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  9. Bob Crowe20 July, 2009

    Oh, just gorgeous - skin, clothes, pose, jewelry. Americans usually think of Creoles as from Louisiana. We must remember their origins.

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  10. glenda20 July, 2009

    Such a beautiful portrait of a beautiful woman

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  11. Leif Hagen21 July, 2009

    Le fete Creole - beautiful, fun, interesting! Wonderful portrait of the lovely woman in the red head scarf!

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  12. airplane531221 July, 2009

    Beautiful portrait! Her eyes speak volumes.

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  13. Diederick Wijmans21 July, 2009

    A beautiful portrait of the young woman with the necklace. Magnificent! Bravo, Jilly!!

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  14. Nathalie H.D.21 July, 2009

    One of the portraits you are so good at.
    I love the bottom one too!

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