A vibrant torchlight procession marks the eve of Bastille Day

A vibrant torchlight procession, headed by a music band, and that includes lanterns wrapped in colors of the nationwide flags of France and #India, marched down the #Promenade Beach on Sunday on the eve of #Bastille Day in reference to the celebration of French National Day on July 14 (Monday).

The symbolic night time march, that started in entrance of the Dupleix Statue and ended close to the constructing of the #French Consulate on Goubert Avenue, was to indicate the storming of the Bastille jail in 1789, a defining level within the #French Revolution.

The procession was launched within the presence of Etienne Rolland-Piègue, Consul General of France in #Pondicherry and #Chennai, who can even lead the #Bastille Day ceremonies on Monday.

Members of the French expat group within the metropolis, representatives of warfare veterans associations, youth and vacationers joined the procession.

The occasion was organised below the auspices of “Le Souvenir Francaise” (The Souvenir Français), an affiliation based in 1887 with a mission to honour the reminiscence of all those that died for France, whether or not French or overseas, and to assist keep tombs and monuments.

The #French Consulate is celebrating the event each as a logo of unity of the French folks in forming a republic and its enshrined rules of liberty, equality, and fraternity, in addition to a reaffirmation of a strengthening friendship primarily based on shared values between France and #India.

On July 14, wreaths will likely be positioned on the War Memorials of Puducherry at 8.30 a.m. and #Karaikal at 9.30 a.m. The War Memorials will stay open to households for one hour after the official ceremonies for personal wreath-laying, the #French Consulate mentioned.

The celebrations will conclude with conventional fireworks show will happen on the seafront in entrance of the Consulate General of France.