Last night we went along to the big free event over at Ligueil, 'Les Percufolies' to check out what it was all about. We had made mistakes on previous years by visiting during the day...it is certainly an evening thing.
When we first arrived we went to the stage set up by the church where we were met by the sound of 'tablao flamenco' backed by a bit of Fado...not my favourite - did you know this a UNSECO World Heritage 'intangible art form'?.
There were a number of venues throughout the town - we stopped for a few minutes to check out 'Permis de Quizzer' with their 'rimba tubes' (instruments built from PVC tubes) where they were making you guess movie music, a bit over our heads but fun for the French audience and participants.
From there we made our way to the other big stage set up by the mairie where 'Bata Brinca' (from Brouges) were giving us an energetic taste of Brazil (it's all about the B's) Below is a small sample of what they were about...
They were followed by Natascha Rogers on the main stage with some 'world jazz music', a unique sound rooted in afro-american, afro-cuban music.
A small snippet of her performance below...
Then it was back round to the stage by the church to catch 'Lo Barrut' a group who use their voices and some percussion to offer what I can only describe as 'chanting'...different!
We came away thinking that this must take a lot of organising and that it was very well set up to provide an excellent setting and ambiance...the music, well that is all a question of taste!
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