Tomorrow Sunday will mark one of the major festivities in this new home of ours Geneva, the Escalade. This right from the history book celebration commemorates an attempt in 1602 by the Savoy army to scale up the Walls of Geneva. The story that went down in generations was that an old woman who lived in a house overlooking the city wall was busy late at night with a large cauldron of vegetable soup when she heard the soldiers clambering up. She courageously poured the boiling contents of her couldron on the heads of the invaders and were quickly repulsed by the local troops as soon as the shouts of pains of the scalded invaders were overheard.
so tomorrow just after 6 in the evening there will be a parade in 17th century costume and armour riding through the town reading a proclamation and singing the Escalade song, "Ainsi périssent les ennemis de la République! " (Thus perish the enemies of the Republic) at various points and culminating in a dance around a huge couldron of soup in front of the Saint Pierre Cathedral. This important celebration is a reminder on how the Genevois fought to defend their freedom from the invading Catholics army.
I hope I can catch up this event as it will be I am sure a fun experience especially for the kids. Bonne Nuit!
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