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"Depuis que Monsieur Pépyn est parmi nous" déclare Monsieur le Maire de la commune de Sussey, "on a ici beaucoup d'animation..." Les feux de la Saint-Jean, qui ne durent que le temps de la nuit la plu

This year we made a rooster.
Many pictures and a new movie in the make.
Mark Gilbert shot more than 40.000 picuters, seen in 2 minutes they look like this:

The first event for the feu de la saint jean was a bull

Every year bonfires are lit in France around the 24-th of June.
This is the name day of John the Baptist. These fiers are called 'Les Feux de la Saint Jean", bonfires dedicated to the day of John.
This practice used to be common in rural France. These days the tradition became less popular but has not completely disappeared.