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French to English: Viking Festival General field: Other Detailed field: Tourism & Travel
Source text - French En Espagne, vous pouvez revivre l’invasion des Vikings
Les guerriers du week-end ont enfilé leurs casques à cornes à Catoira, en Espagne, dimanche dernier pour reconstituer l’invasion Viking qui a eu lieu dans la région il y a plus de mille ans.
Viking Festival est l’un des plus grands festivals d’été du genre, qui se tient chaque année le premier dimanche d’août, dans la petite ville de Catoira, en Espagne. Des milliers de personnes se sont rassemblées cette année pour revivre l’événement afin de marquer la mémoire de l’invasion des Vikings.
Pendant des siècles, Catoira fut l’une des forteresses les plus imprenables de Galice. Située dans le nord de l’Espagne, la ville est située à 37 kilomètres de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle, à l’embouchure du fleuve Ulla sur la ria d’Arousa.
Il y a plus de mille ans, les Vikings sont arrivés sur terre espagnole. En 1961, un groupe d’historiens amateurs découvre que Catoira a subi les invasions Vikings des IXème et Xème siècles et décide de créer un festival chaque année. Depuis lors, l’événement est devenu une célébration internationale, unissant des milliers d’amoureux de la culture nordique du monde entier.
Les locaux et les visiteurs de la région s’habillent ce jour-là comme des guerriers vikings, portant peaux d’animaux, casques à cornes, boucliers, haches.... Vers 10 heures du matin, les groupes folkloriques animent la ville. La fête commence. L’après-midi, le point culminant de la célébration a lieu : le débarquement des Vikings.
Les attaquants arrivent sur la côte de Catoira à bord d’une réplique d’un navire viking du XIème siècle. Leur objectif ? Capturer les « Torres del Oeste » (Tours de l’Ouest), comme à l’époque du roi Olaf de Norvège. L’attaque est «sanglante » : les guerriers sont recouverts de vin. Après l’effort, le réconfort autour d’un bon repas. Au menu, empenadas, sardines et moules, un repas animé par le son des gaitas, les cornemuses galiciennes. Les festivités se poursuivent avec des danses traditionnelles et un marché médiéval.
Paris Match - 8/8/18
Translation - English In Spain, you can relive the Viking invasion
Weekend warriors donned their horned helmets in Catoira, Spain last Sunday in a reenactment of the Viking invasion which took place in that region more than a thousand years ago.
Viking Festival is one of the largest summer festivals of its kind, and is held every year on the first Sunday in August in the small town of Catoira, in Spain. This year, thousands of people gathered to relive this event as a way to commemorate the Viking invasion.
For centuries, Catoira was one of the most impregnable fortresses in Galicia. Situated in the north of Spain, the town is located 37 kilometers from Santiago de Compostela, at the mouth of the Ulla river on the Ria de Arosa.
Over one thousand years ago, the Vikings arrived on Spanish soil. In 1961, a group of amateur historians discovered that Catoira had suffered invasions by the Vikings in the 9th and 10th centuries, and decided to create a festival every year. Since then, the event has become an international celebration, uniting thousands of lovers of Nordic culture throughout the world.
On that day, both local townspeople and visitors to the area dress like Viking warriors, wearing animal hides, horned helmets, shields, and axes…. Around ten in the morning, the town is enlivened by folkloric groups. The festival begins. In the afternoon, the high point of the celebration takes place: the Vikings’ landing.
The attackers arrive on the shore of Catoira on board a replica of a Viking vessel from the 11th century. Their goal? To capture the “Torres del Oeste” (Towers of the West), as in the time of King Olaf of Norway. The attack is “bloody”: the warriors are covered in wine. After that exertion comes the comfort of a good meal. On the menu are empanadas, sardines and mussels, a meal enlivened by the sound of gaitas, the Galician bagpipes. The festivities continue with traditional dances and a medieval market.
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