The yearly Santon Figurine Market opens up in Marseilles selling miniature caricatures. The fair began by selling only Christmas oriented figurines, but now all types can be found at the fair. France. 21st November 2011
For the opening of the traditional santon (figurine) market the Saint Eloi group is marching with the traditional cloths and banner. from the "Reforme" church toward the market itself and back.
Like every year a month before Christmas the Santons (figurines) market opened up to the public in downtown Marseille. Figurine production is a specialism in Marseille.
Arles and its funny Christmas December 21 to 24, 2012 ... E n effect from 17 November the city of Arles, the capital of the Camargue, is celebrating Christmas with her funny, 55th Santon fair, calender of Advent from Dec. 1 and yesterday 23 street.
South Africans have come out in their thousands to bid farewell to the national rugby team who depart for New Zealand, to defend their IRB Rugby World Cup crown. Santon, South Africa. 1st September 2011
The annual provencal artisans exhibition took place in Marseilles with a guest Portuguese booth. Sculptors, clothes designers, manufacturers, wood workers, furnitures designers, flowerists and artists showed their work.
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