The festival of lemons and orchids

Menton - the western resort of Cote d'Azur. Menton is an unusual, quiet, ordinary, picturesque seaside town.This town is popular for its lemon trees which bloom and give the fruit the whole year.The most important crop is in march and april. Thereby they celebrate Fete du citron (The lemon festival) from 15 february to 4 march. It is like preparation for the crop.
It is really memorable and colorful holiday. It seems all people are content for subsequent crop.

 For this holiday they choose only good citrus (lemon, orange, grapefruit).And Menton are decorated with various figures like, castles,characters from fairytales,animals, sightseeings of France and a lot  of another things.

For information about this festival  to click these links.It is Fete du citron official website 

http://www.fete-du-citron.com/-Lemon-Festival-s-program-.html

  It is the fragment of this fabulous holiday, you can watch it and as if you will get into a fairytale

Lemon festival 2013: 80 day around the world

This month not only lemons keep up,also thousands types and hybrids of  orchids blossom. At this time french people celebrate Festival arts d'orchideé (Orchids Festival ). Orchids Festival is very gorgeous and amasing holiday and also it is really useful, because you can learn more about orchids and their hybrids.

You can watch this video. It is the slideshow of orchids which were presented in the festival in 2013. 

There are some information about Orchids Festival and photo gallery of orchids
http://www.provence-luberon-news.com/en/Provence-Luberon-News/Culture-and-Leisure/Festival/Orchids-Festival-of-Menton

Hello, my dear friends, who read our blog! We think, that it is not important, if you learn german or french .It is always interesting and cognitive to know many languages. So that, for all students,who want to be polyglot will be useful to know about community in Vk,which is called  "French language"(французский язык). In this community you can find and download audio-books,that will help you in learning French language,you can also find french songs,clips and news.This community renovates every day. They use illustrations with rules and new words."French language" community publishes proverbs and quotations of great people.It is easier to study French language with this community. 

If you are ineterested in this community,you should sign up in Vk.It is obligatorily.  

To go in click on the link below:
http://vk.com/fryaz

La danse - le mode de la vie

As we know,the culture of France develops very well. And there are a lot of types of art like cinematography, choregraphy and vocal ect.
But today we would like to talk about dancing, particularly about hip-hop dance. Hip-hop dance is more popular in such countries:Russia, Japan, USA, South Korea, China and certainly France. And these countries are usually leading in many international buttles and competitions.

So hip-hop came to France early.By the late - 70's New York's best crews were touring the country, soon after hip-hop radio stations began cropping up in Paris.
For more information click the link. It is about hip-hop in France and how it was developed.

http://frenchculture.org/visual-and-performing-arts/news/playlist-brief-overview-french-hip-hop

There are many styles of hip-hop dance (new style, La style, old school, r'n'b ect.)
New style hip-hop is an extraordinary and energetic style.And the movements of  new style are simple.But you should clearly do all the motions and accomplish them. Also every dancer adds his specific nature and motions always look different.
And one of the famous team who use new style is Les twins. It is two identical twin brothers Laurent and Larry Bourgeois.
Often referred to by their respective nicknames "Lil Beast" and "Ça Blaze".

Born and raised in Sarcelles, France, the self-taught dance duo became the darlings of the French audience in 2008 as finalists on the popular television show Incroyable Talent. They quickly rose to prominence in the United States after a video of their performance on the San Diego leg of the 2010 World of Dance tour went viral on YouTube, surpassing over 6 million views in less than a year. In 2011 they won the Hip-hop New Style division of the prestigious international street dance competition Juste Debout.

If you want to know more about Les Twins(their biography, personal lives, work, interests, tours and so on), you can click these links:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Twins

Tour de france. 

There are many events held in France.One of them is Tour de France.

The Tour de France is an annual multiple stage bicycle race primarily held in France,while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. The race was first organized in 1903 to increase paper sales for the magazine L `Auto, it is currently run by the Amaury Sport Organisation.Participation expanded from a primarily French field,as riders from all over the world began to participate in the race each year.Traditionally, the race is held primarily in the month of July. While the route changes each year,the format of the race stays the same with the appearance of at least two time trials, the passage through the mountain chains of the Pyrenees and the Alps, and the finish on the Champs - Elysees in Paris. The number of teams usually vries between 20 and 22, with nine riders in each.

 For more information click on the link below: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_de_France

Group "Kraftwerk" devoted a song to Tour de France.This song was first issued in June 1983, peaking at number 22 in the UK singles chart. It is notable for the use of sampled voices and mechanical sounds associated with cycling.

You can listen to this song,if you want:

You have an excellent opportunity to enjoy watching this prestigious race. Click on  the video below to watch:

 Litle Nicholas

We want to present you french film which is called "Little Nicholas"(Le petit Nicolas).This film is glorious,natural,full of the spirit of the childhood with its funny fears,fantasies and adventures.While watching this film you think over and over about that wonderful time which is called "childhood".You understand that child's desires and thoughts are sincere. And you conceive that adults' behavior appears newly when they are observed by ingenious child's eyes.Also you can realise that calmness,kindness and love are the most important for children.And of course you will enjoy this film because every episode of this film reminds you France,its people with their naturalness ,delicacy and a sense of humour.So we recommend everybody to watch this film if you want to plunge into the wonderful world of the childhood.We hope that you really enjoy it.

Unfortunately,there is not video in English,so you are able to watch it in Russian.I hope,that is okay.Before watching sign up in vk.Thank you for attention.
Here is a link to this film:

http://vk.com/video37194851_167408251?hd=2&t=11m10s

France is one of the most beautiful and romantic countries in the world, isn't it?
There are a lot of sightseeings, that we know Eiffel tower, The Louvre, Triumph arche, Notre dame de Paris and ect.
And their language are really gorgeous and it sounds like a gentle melody
Also their culture, mentality and the way of life are original and various. So we want to share a lot of exciting and useful things. For example: some facts and news about France,  french songs and films for people who learn and want to improve their knowledge of french and so on. And we hope it woudn't be tedious and useless for you.