Buenos días amigos
Bastille Day in France is the equivalent of the FOURTH OF
JULY in the United States.
Celebrated on the 14th of July. On this day there
is usually a parade down the Champs-Élysées, street dancing, fireworks, and
free theatrical performances.
The Bastille was a 14th-century fortress that became a
notorious state prison in Paris.
An angry mob assaulted the Bastille—which had come to
symbolize the French monarchy's oppression of the people—on July 14, 1789,
freeing the political prisoners held there and launching the French Revolution.
July 14 has been celebrated since that time in France as
Fête Nationale, as well as in French territories in the Pacific, with parades, fireworks,
and dancing in the streets.
In Tahiti and the rest of French Polynesia, it is called
Tiurai or Heiva, and is celebrated for most of the month.
Wish you a great day.
Kam
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