Trying to expose the Warrens to something different, and a little local culture, we went off to Quissac this morning to see the abrivado bandido. For a bit of background to the history of abrivados look here. Quissac has several fetes throughout the year and they are usually pretty good. This one started last Friday and will carry on until next Tuesday 15th, which is a national holiday. The main purpose of these abrivados is for the Camargue cowboys, gardiens, to demonstrate their skills at controlling bulls through the village streets. These events are organised by the comite, pictured above, whose average age can be little more than 20 years old. The cowboys and cowgirls (there's something very sexy about seeing a young girl riding a large horse and controlling these bulls) take it in turns to guide one or more bulls, whilst the town 'youth' do what they can to slow the horses down and then grab hold of the bull. This all takes place within touching distance of both horses, bulls (and cowgirls) and provides quite an adrenalin rush.
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