Félibrige
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It was founded on 21 May 1854 in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne
Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne
Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.-References:*...
(Vaucluse
Vaucluse
The Vaucluse is a department in the southeast of France, named after the famous spring, the Fontaine-de-Vaucluse.- History :Vaucluse was created on 12 August 1793 out of parts of the departments of Bouches-du-Rhône, Drôme, and Basses-Alpes...
), by Frédéric Mistral, Joseph Roumanille
Joseph Roumanille
Joseph Roumanille was a Provençal poet. He was born at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence , and is commonly known in southern France as the father of the Félibrige, for he first conceived the idea of raising his regional language to the dignity of a literary language.-Biography:Joseph Roumanille was the son...
, Théodore Aubanel
Théodore Aubanel
Théodore Aubanel was a Provençal poet. He was born in Avignon in a family of painters.Aubanel started writing poetry in French but quickly switched to Provençal, due to the influence of Joseph Roumanille....
, Jean Brunet, Paul Giéra, Anselme Mathieu and Alphonse Tavan.
The word félibrige is derived from félibre, a Provençal word meaning pupil or follower.
Origins
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Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne
Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.-References:*...
, Vaucluse
Vaucluse
The Vaucluse is a department in the southeast of France, named after the famous spring, the Fontaine-de-Vaucluse.- History :Vaucluse was created on 12 August 1793 out of parts of the departments of Bouches-du-Rhône, Drôme, and Basses-Alpes...
) in 1854 on Saint Estelle
Saint Estelle
Saint Estelle was a third century martyr in Gaul, daughter of an illustrious Roman and descended from a powerful family of Druids. She was attracted to the group of Eutropius of Saintes, who was the first bishop of the area, and asked to be baptized. When she refused to abjure, her father condemned...
's day, by seven young poets: Frédéric Mistral, Joseph Roumanille, Théodore Aubanel, Jean Brunet, Paul Giéra, Anselme Mathieu and Alphonse Tavan. Together, they aimed to restore the Provençal language and codify its orthography
Orthography
The orthography of a language specifies a standardized way of using a specific writing system to write the language. Where more than one writing system is used for a language, for example Kurdish, Uyghur, Serbian or Inuktitut, there can be more than one orthography...
.
Its symbol is a seven-pointed star which, as Frederic Mistral writes in Lou tresor dóu Felibrige, is "a tribute to its seven founders".
Felebrigian festivals
These events are held in certain towns.- Since 1323, the Jeux florauxAcadémie des Jeux florauxAcadémie des Jeux floraux , or Collège de la gaie science , is the most ancient literary institution of the western world. It was founded in 1323 by Clémence Isaure as the Consistori del Gay Saber with the goal of encouraging Occitan poetry...
of ToulouseToulouseToulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
, considered as the model - Jeux floraux of BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
- Orange
- In 1868 at Saint-Rémy-de-ProvenceSaint-Rémy-de-ProvenceSaint-Rémy-de-Provence is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.-Geography:...
- In 1895 at Vic-en-CarladèsVic-sur-CèreVic-sur-Cère is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.-Population:...
, with a programme of music and dance (CabretteCabretteThe cabrette is a type of bagpipe which appeared in Auvergne, France in the 19th century, and rapidly spread to Haute-Auvergne and Aubrac.- Details :...
) - In 1900 at the Château de VentadourChâteau de VentadourThe Château de Ventadour is in the commune of Moustier-Ventadour in the département of Corrèze .- Situation :Placed on a rocky outcrop overhanging the valley of Luzège, only few vestiges remain on the site of this feudal castle, which is still remarkably wild...
, under the name Fête de l'églantine - In 1902 at BéziersBéziersBéziers is a town in Languedoc in southern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the Hérault department. Béziers hosts the famous Feria de Béziers, centred around bullfighting, every August. A million visitors are attracted to the five-day event...
- In June 1903 and in 2009 at SceauxSceaux, Hauts-de-SeineSceaux is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-Wealth:Sceaux is famous for the Château of Sceaux, set in its large park , designed by André Le Nôtre, measuring...
- In 1907 at MauvezinMauvezin, Hautes-PyrénéesMauvezin is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.-References:*...
, in the Hautes-PyrénéesHautes-PyrénéesHautes-Pyrénées is a department in southwestern France. It is part of the Midi-Pyrénées region.-History:... - In August 1914, at Sauveterre-de-BéarnSauveterre-de-BéarnSauveterre-de-Béarn is a pretty medieval village perched above the Gave d'Oloron and facing the Pyrennes in south-western France. It is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department.-History:...
- At Puy-en-VelayLe Puy-en-VelayLe Puy-en-Velay is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.Its inhabitants are called Ponots.-History:Le Puy-en-Velay was a major bishopric in medieval France, founded early, though its early history is legendary...
- In 1935 at Monistrol-sur-LoireMonistrol-sur-LoireMonistrol-sur-Loire is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.It is the birthplace of former Roman Catholic archbishop Armand-François-Marie de Charbonnel-See also:*Communes of the Haute-Loire department...
- Perhaps ArgentatArgentatArgentat is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France.-Geography:Argentat is situated on the Dordogne River, to the south west of Bort-les-Orgues. It is the point where the Maronne, a tributary of the Dordogne, converges with the famous river...
, after 1935 with the Chorale des gabariers de la Dordogne
See also
- François-Juste-Marie Raynouard
- Occitan
- ProvençalProvençalProvençal may refer to:*Provençal, meaning "of Provence", a region of France*Provençal dialect, a dialect of the Occitan language, spoken in the south-east of France*Provençal, meaning the whole Occitan language...
- Niçois
- TroubadourTroubadourA troubadour was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages . Since the word "troubadour" is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a trobairitz....
- La Coupo Santo
- Le Jardin des Félibres in Sceaux