{"id":6548,"date":"2011-05-28T13:42:33","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T17:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=6548"},"modified":"2017-10-19T13:46:10","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T11:46:10","slug":"the-spellbinding-lure-of-french-folklore-cortege-de-noce-wedding-procession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/the-spellbinding-lure-of-french-folklore-cortege-de-noce-wedding-procession\/","title":{"rendered":"French Folklore: &#8220;Cort\u00e8ge de noce&#8221; (&#8220;Wedding Procession&#8221;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Imagine for a moment the swirling cauldron of emotions lying within the soul of a potential &#8220;runaway bride&#8221;, one living in the times of medieval France, who is suddenly forced to leave everything behind, family and friends, walking in a long &#8220;<em>cort\u00e8ge de noce<\/em>&#8221; (&#8220;wedding procession&#8221;), which ultimately leads her to settle with a husband she neither chose nor loved, into her new &#8220;<em>Cage dor<em>\u00e9e<\/em><\/em>&#8221;\u00a0(&#8220;golden cage&#8221;)&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">* * *<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The French &#8220;Folk&#8221; adventure of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/malicorne.legende.chez.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Malicorne<\/span><\/a><\/strong> saw the light some <strong>40 years ago<\/strong>, when\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gabrielyacoub.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gabriel Yacoub<\/span><\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0guitarist and singer of the group of\u00a0<strong>Alan Stivell<\/strong> (the &#8220;revivalist-in-chief&#8221; of <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/tribute-to-a-celtic-tune-la-tribu-de-dana-by-manau\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">la musique celtique<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong>) decided to forge <strong><em>son propre chemin <\/em><\/strong>(his own path.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Together with his wife <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/enjoy-a-cheerful-french-love-song-from-la-bretagne-brittany-marie-la-dondaine\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Marie<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, and joined by other musicians of outstanding talent<em>, <\/em>he went on to discover the hidden treasures of ancient popular dances and songs throughout the whole country of France, not confining himself to\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/enjoy-a-cheerful-french-love-song-from-la-bretagne-brittany-marie-la-dondaine\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">la Bretagne<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thus started <strong><em>l&#8217;aventure <\/em><\/strong>of Malicorne, which drew on the old folk musical heritage of the vast\u00a0<strong><em>r\u00e9gions de France<\/em><\/strong>: from <em><strong>la Normandie<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0<em><strong>le Limousin<\/strong>, <\/em>to <strong><em>la Bourgogne <\/em><\/strong>(Burgundy), and <strong><em>la Franche-Comt\u00e9<\/em><\/strong>&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">* * *<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Malicorne - Teaser du Live 2010\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kSfg9RAf2BY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Non-official teaser of Malicorne&#8217;s &#8220;Live\u00a0<em>\u00e0 La Rochelle<\/em>&#8220;, performed in last year&#8217;s &#8220;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.francofolies.fr\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Francofolies<\/span><\/a><\/em>&#8221; festival, offers &#8220;<em>un avant-go\u00fbt<\/em>&#8220;(&#8220;a foretaste&#8221;) of their own musical style<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">* * *<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aH6o56tyJjM\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aH6o56tyJjM<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Through a<em> &#8220;complainte<\/em>&#8220;style(known as &#8220;lament&#8221; in English) that stands in stark contrast with the epic aspect of <em>&#8220;la chanson de geste<\/em>&#8220;,\u00a0the talentuous falk interpretation of Malicorne turns what is normally\u00a0a happy\u00a0<em>&#8220;cort\u00e8ge de noce<\/em>&#8221; (&#8220;wedding procession&#8221;) into a quasi-<em>marche fun<em>\u00e8bre <\/em><\/em>(funeral march), or at least what appears to be so, in the tearful eyes of a newly-married bride living in medieval France, who is suddenly forced to leave everything behind, in order to settle into her new &#8220;<em><em>Cage dor<em>\u00e9e<\/em><\/em><\/em>&#8221;\u00a0(&#8220;golden cage&#8221;)&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">* * *<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>* MALICORNE &#8211; &#8220;<em>CORT\u00c8GE DE NOCE<\/em>&#8220;:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>La mari\u00e9e avance en t\u00eate<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The bride walks ahead<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Baissant les yeux, levant la t\u00eate<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Looking down, raising her head<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Le menestrier s&#8217;en va devant<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The minstrel\u00a0walks away forward<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Adieu la joie et le bon temps<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bid farewell to happiness and good times<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Aux filles du roi elle ressemble<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To the daughters of the king she looks like<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Elle a couronne sur sa t\u00eate&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She has a crown on her head&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Ne l&#8217;aura qu&#8217;une heure tant seulement<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Won&#8217;t have but for an hour<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Adieu la joie et le bon temps<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bid farewell to happiness and good times<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Tout en passant sous cette porte<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">While going through this door<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Elle re\u00e7oit un beau pain d&#8217;orge<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She receives a beautiful barley bread<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Mais \u00e0 votre \u00e9poux pr\u00e9sentez-en!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But to your husband are you to offer it!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Adieu la joie et le bon temps<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bid farewell to happiness and good times<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>En traversant cette prairie<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Going through this meadow<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Elle voit danser des jeunes filles<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She sees young girls dancing<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Ah si j&#8217;\u00e9tais fille \u00e0 marier<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ah, if I remained an eligible bride<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>J&#8217;aurais encore coeur \u00e0 chanter<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I&#8217;d still feel like singing<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Belle \u00e9pous\u00e9e, on vous demande<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Beautiful spouse, you are asked<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>D&#8217;\u00eatre bien sage, ob\u00e9issante<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To be well-behaved, obedient<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Et dans la maison o\u00f9 vous allez<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And in the house where you are going<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>T\u00e2chez de bien nous contenter<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Make sure you make us happy<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Adieu cousins adieu cousines<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Goodbye cousins<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Adieu voisins adieu voisines<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Goodbye neighbors<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Adieu \u00e0 tous les gens de chez nous<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Goodbye to you, our people<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Adieu les plus beaux de les jours<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Goodbye to the most beautiful of the days <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Franche-comt\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Franche-comt\u00e9<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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