{"id":"3240","t":"33rd Elite Regiment of Ch\u00e2telet","t_s":-1,"tags":["3309"],"thumb":{"fid":"4547","styles":{"circle_medium":"circle_medium_4547","circle_mini":"circle_mini_4547"},"ext":"png"},"pics":["4269"],"loc":"3625","loc_map":-1,"body":"<p>Costume presented to mark the 40th anniversary of this Association.The march of Saint Roch is a procession that takes place every year on the Sunday before Pentecost, in order to thank the saint for having saved the town from the major plague epidemics in the late Middle Ages. Walkers wear the uniform of the First French Empire, the political regime that held power in France from 18 May 1804, when Napoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor of theFrench, to his first abdication in April 1814 and later, after his return, from March to July 1815. Each year the Association participates in the Marches of Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse in the Walloon Region, a series of traditional walksthat take place from May to October. They take the form of processions that are dedicated to particular saints and are accompanied by an armed escort.<\/p>\r\n","fav":"0","fav_l":"0","don":"The Association of the Folklore March of Saint Roch in Ch\u00e2telet","d_y":2002,"d_m":5,"d_d":25,"d_s":-1}