Stopover in Sète makes the Mediterranean shine all the way to Normandy for the Fecamp maritime festivals

Escale à Sète a été une nouvelle fois convié à participer au festival normand. MIDI LIBRE – PHILIPPE MALRIC

Une délégation sétoise participe, en ce week-end prolongé, au rendez-vous des traditions maritimes Fécamp Grand’Escale.

Guest of honor two years ago for the inaugural edition of Fécamp Grand’Escale – the Normandy festival was inspired by the Sète meeting to organize its own gathering of old rigs – Escale in Sète was of course once again invited to participate in the Norman festival on this Ascension Bridge.

Forging a link between Sète and Fécamp

Behind Raymond Dublanc, the co-president of the association, and Wolfgang Idiri, the director of Escale, around ten volunteers crossed France to promote and transmit local traditions within ;rsquo;a large stand. Thus the two daily demonstrations of jousting on a cart were extremely successful.

But what can we say about the gastronomic sessions with solid and liquid products prepared from Sète enhanced by a brasucade concocted live. All of course accompanied by traditional songs. A great opportunity in any case to establish links with the boats present such as Le Français or even l’Etoile du Roy or to discuss with the locals – including the descendant of the Nahmens family – the close links between the Newfoundlanders of Fécamp and the singular island when these sailboats loaded with cod came to Sète to recover salt.