Les traditions du 1eme Mai

Today is 1 May – a bank holiday in France – workers’ day. There seem to be two traditions – protesting and buying les muguets- lily of the valley.

Protesters marching through Lyon
La police were waiting for them
The opera house sporting a protest sign

I didn’t see any trouble but maybe I was out too early.

The other tradition is the buying of Lily of the Valley for your loved ones – either in a supermarket or at one of the street vendors who pop up for that very reason.

There were lots of takers

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  1. Demain, l’info sur SaWaLingua est sur le muguet, “le muguet dans tous ses états”, avec un bref rappel historique sur cette tradition très française…. Bonne lecture !

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