{"id":254556,"date":"2025-12-13T05:10:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T05:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/a-voir-a-faire\/agenda\/the-guardians-festival\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T05:10:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T05:10:47","slug":"the-guardians-festival","status":"publish","type":"evenement","link":"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/a-voir-a-faire\/agenda\/the-guardians-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guardians&#8217; Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join us at 9am on boulevard des Lices for a gathering of gardians and Arl\u00e9siennes in traditional costume.<br \/>\nHead to Place du Forum, in front of the statue of Proven\u00e7al poet Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Mistral, to pay tribute to him.<br \/>\nContinue on to Notre Dame de la Major, where mass is celebrated in Proven\u00e7al, followed by the blessing of the horses on the church square.<br \/>\nAt midday, the crowd invades the Place de la R\u00e9publique to witness the arrival of the gardians and the presentation of blessed bread to the town authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The day is far from over. At 3:30 p.m., the gardians and the public gather at the arena for a grand Proven\u00e7al spectacle, the jeux de gardians. The riders and their mounts compete in daring and dexterity throughout the afternoon.<br \/>\n9:00 Gathering on Boulevard des Lices<br \/>\n9:30 Confr\u00e9rie gardians parade through town in Place du Forum &#8211; Salute to Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Mistral<br \/>\n10:30 am On the square in front of N.D. La Major<br \/>\nBlessing of the riders<br \/>\nHigh Mass in Proven\u00e7al<br \/>\n11:30 am reorganization of the procession\/ from La Major to Place de la R\u00e9publique<\/p>\n<p>12:30 Presentation of blessed bread to the authorities + aperitif (parvis de l&#8217;H\u00f4tel de ville\/salle des Pas Perdus)<\/p>\n<p>3:30 pm Aux AR\u00c8NES &#8211; GRAND SPECTACLE PROVEN\u00c7AL (paying)<br \/>\npresented by the Confr\u00e9rie gardians<br \/>\n2 cocardier bulls (Manade Fabre-Mailhan) for students of the Arles bull-riding school<br \/>\nPresentation of the standard to the new captain: Armand Gourdoux<br \/>\nPrior: Nicolas Carta and Quentin Foucaran<br \/>\nAIGUILETTES TOURNAMENT<br \/>\nGARDIAN GAMES: BOUQUETS, ORANGES, SCARVES<br \/>\nWaiting at the shoe: Nicolas Carta and Quentin Foucaran<br \/>\nFerrade in ring: Armand Gourdoux<br \/>\nABRIVADO EN PISTE \/ ABRIVADO DES PICHOTS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, on May 1st, the gardians celebrate Saint Georges, the patron saint of horsemen.<br \/>\nWhy not join the procession?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","label":[],"type_poi":[],"ville":[16],"class_list":["post-254556","evenement","type-evenement","status-publish","hentry","ville-arles"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Guardians&#039; Festival - Destination Camargue<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/destination-camargue.fr\/en\/a-voir-a-faire\/agenda\/the-guardians-festival\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Guardians&#039; Festival - Destination Camargue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Every year, on May 1st, the gardians celebrate Saint Georges, the patron saint of horsemen. 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