{"id":52415,"date":"2025-01-07T12:36:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T11:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.la-roche-tourisme.com\/events\/bonfire-of-the-carnival-princes\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:21:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T13:21:02","slug":"bonfire-of-the-carnival-princes","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/www.la-roche-tourisme.com\/en\/events\/bonfire-of-the-carnival-princes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonfire of the carnival Princes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Walloon rural folklore, bonfires remain a practice that is deeply rooted in our traditions.<\/p>\n<p>They are the symbols of purification and the return of the light of spring.<\/p>\n<p>It is with unchanged fervour that the Walloons gather every year around the mound of branches and fir trees on fire.<\/p>\n<p>The party is in full swing until the final bouquet, the flight of the snowman in smoke, heralding the arrival of sunny days.<\/p>\n<p>The carnival Princes invite you to join them on a torchlight procession before arriving at the bonfire, which will take place in the Ev\u00eats car park.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting point is at Place du Bronze at 7 pm for the start of the walk.<\/p>\n<p>We will then cross the Place du Bronze and the pedestrian zone to the sound of music before heading together to the bonfire.<\/p>\n<p>7:30 pm: lighting of the bonfire by Prince carnival Hibou 1er.<\/p>\n<p>9 pm: concert &#8211; sausage rolls, Purnalet, rum and coke, beers,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Under a heated marquee.<\/p>\n<p>An organisation of the La Roche carnival Princes Committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Walloon rural folklore, bonfires remain a practice that is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":55411,"template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[],"class_list":["post-52415","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.la-roche-tourisme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/52415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.la-roche-tourisme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.la-roche-tourisme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.la-roche-tourisme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.la-roche-tourisme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.la-roche-tourisme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.la-roche-tourisme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52415"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.la-roche-tourisme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=52415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}