With the rise in the price of diesel, there is no need to go far from the region to get a change of scenery!
Spain, and more precisely Bossost a few kilometers from the border, offered, as every year, the special spectacle of the Good Friday processions. Since the end of the 18th century, the Holy Week festivals have been the occasion for impressive processions. Several take place during the day and one at night. High in color and symbolism, the majority are young people and even very young children who wear the costumes depicting the Passion of Christ and wander around the city for more than two hours. Also impressive are the Spanish women, dressed in black, with a particular elegance – high heels on the cobbled roads of the old town – and carrying the sacred representations at arm’s length. The young Roman centurions and their rhythmic march throughout the parade set the very solemn tone of the procession. A religious event which attracts the public and which was proposed by the Cheveux d’Argent club of Salies, to which those of Mane and Saint-Lizier joined, i.e. 52 people. An outing which brought together several advantages: tourist because Bossost is a beautiful town on the edge of the Garonne surrounded by the snow-capped Pyrenees, also spiritual and cultural because it was an opportunity to remember the various stages of the Passion and finally an economic advantage! The day ended with a stop at the local supermarket where alcohol, tobacco, household products and food were found in the hold of the bus, heading to France.
