Water Jousting Set

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Water jousting set. These have been perfect. An old maritime tradition therefore a living culture itself which has its own codes its own vocabulary its rituals its music. Water jousting in southern france in sète the famous lanced competition takes place on a wooden boat with a platform that extends 3m above the water and a 2 8m lance as a weapon. The town of sète celebrates its patron saint saint louis to the rhythm of the traditional water jousting tournaments street performances and numerous bars or bodegras which invade the streets and the canals.

Jousting in sète the jousts were born with the port on july 29th 1666. Robert bancilhon 75 learned the sport from his father and passed it on to his son christophe. The aim of the sport is to send the adversary into the water whilst maintaining one s own balance on the platform. An extremely spectacular sport where family transmission is the order of the day.

It is a form of jousting where the adversaries carrying a lance and protected only by a shield stand on a platform on the stern of a boat. A festive experience and an ideal opportunity to discover the wines of the pays d oc region. Sete france march 26 2016. Festival and water jousting at sète.

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Every summer the men of sete practice an unusual sport. Water sports inflatable swimming pool log flume joust with boppers game set customers who viewed this item also viewed. Water jousting performance during stopover in sète maritime traditions festival from the 22 to 28 march 2016 at the streets of sete south of france. The boat is propelled by oarsmen or in some cases a motor may be used.

Ritons 2 pcs set inflatable. It s a modern day tournament with the spectacle of a medieval pageant yet its origins are millennia old. Each year the six days of the festival de saint. The fête s main attraction is a spirited sporting event officially known as la joute nautique or water jousting during which competitors use feats of arms to attempt to knock each other off man powered wooden boats.

Water jousting is a tradition in the harbor city of sète france that goes back to 1666. The sport is believed to have entered gaul via the roman. They still have trouble. Water jousting can be traced as far back as 2 700 b c e.

In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Water jousting is a sport practised principally in france and also switzerland and germany. I bought the swim line log flume jousting set for my boys. Since we re staying home more now with the covid 19 virus afoot we needed something to help the boys deal.

In small boats two sides compete trying to knock a member of the opposing team into the water using.