Processional giants and dragons in Belgium and France

P**rocessional giants and dragons** () din be Belgium mini France kaya ni taɣada din chani ni "processional giants", ka UNESCO nima sabili m-pahi lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage ni yuuni 2008, bɛ daa tuumi n n-na di nari Anashaara goli November yuuni 2005.

Lala churi ŋɔ puhibu ni, tiŋa kam niŋdi li mi n doli din be o tiŋgbani ni. Kamani Belgium tiŋgbani ni, di nyɛla churi n-ti Dendermonde (Ommegang van Dendermonde), Mechelen (Ommegang van Mechelen), Mons ( Ducasse de Mons, ni zab'shɛli bɛ ni boli "Lumeçon"), Ath ( Ducasse d'Ath) mini Brussels ( Meyboom). France tiŋgbani ni, di nyɛla Douai di ka nyu ( Gayant di ka nyu) n-ti pahi Cassel (carnival) ni bɛ ni chihiri binneen shɛba mini bɛ churi puhibu Tarascon mini Pézenas (Mardi Gras,  Mirondela dels Arts pilibu dali Anashaara goli July).

## Background
Processional giant nyɛla neen kara din ŋmani binvuhirisi. Bɛ ʒiri li mi n gindi pala zuɣu wari wahi churi puhibu ni. Di galisim bela taba ni, ka tiŋgbani kam mali di ni tiri li yu'shɛli; Flemings ni,  *reuze yuli ka bɛ mali m-booni li*,  Picards ni bɛ booni li la *gayant*.

## Belgium
Belgium mali paai kamani "1500 giants" di tankpaɣu ni. Bɛ yibu na pili la 15th century; Goliath ŋun yina Nivelles, bɛ ni boli so yuli tum 1457, n-nyɛ "Belgian giant" kurili so niriba ni mi. Belgium n lahi mali "giant" titali Europe; Jean Turpin ŋun yina Nieuwpoort, ka gari .

Belgian kaya ni taɣada shɛŋa n-nyɛ din doli ŋɔ na:
* Ducasse d'Ath (bɛ daa yihili yuuni 2022)
* Ducasse de Mons
* Meyboom of Brussels
* Ommegang van Dendermonde
* Ommegang van Mechelen


File:Ath ducasse 2004 Ambiorix.jpg|The giant Ambiorix at the Ducasse d'Ath, Belgium
File:Géants de Tournai pendant la Grande Procession (DSCF9101).jpg|Giants of Tournai, Belgium
File:GeantsMeyboom2.jpg|Giants of the Meyboom of Brussels
File:Walloon Giants Belgian Day Wisconsin.jpg|Giants of Belgian American community in Brussels, Wisconsin


## France
"Giant" nyɛla Nord-Pas-de-Calais tiŋgbani yaɣili dalinli nima puuni yini. Di nyɛla bɛ kpiimba kaya ni taɣada din na bɛni. Ka be bɛ churi puhibu mini laɣinsi ni.

Saha ŋɔ lala yaɣili maa mali gari "450 giants", ka bɛ gili lala yaɣili maa zaa. Flemish yaɣili maa nyɛla "giants" tiŋgbani ni; tiŋa kam mali la bɛ yino be zaɣ'bɔbigu. Shɛhira nima n-nyɛ Reuze Papa n-ti pahi "Reuze Maman of Cassel, Tisje Tasje of Hazebrouck, Jean de Bûcheron ni La Belle Hélène din be Steenvoorɖde, mini Totor of Steenwerck". South polo, Languedoc yaɣili, di mali la Pézenas colt, ka di yaɣ'shɛŋa mali, "tarasque of Tarascon (Bouches-du-Rhône)".

* Cassel: Reuze Papa and Reuze Maman
* Douai: Gayant, Marie Cagenon, Fillon, Jacquot, Binbin
* Pézenas: le Poulain
* Tarascon: la Tarasque


File:Reuze Papa Cassel.jpg|Reuze Papa of Cassel, France
File:Gayant.jpg|Giants couple; Gayant and Marie Cagenon, Douai, France
File:Tarasque in Tarascon 02.jpg|Fibreglass Tarasque in Tarascon, France


## Kundivihira

### Notes

## Lihi pahi
* Processional giant

## External links
* Processional giants and dragons in Belgium and France at the Unesco website
* L'effigie et la rue (historical article about the giants in northern France)  
* The federation of the giants of northern France