// Description file for Vallabregues 99
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var eventInfo="Vallabregues is a small village on the east bank of the Rhone near Avignon in south-east France.  Each year the Fete de la Vannerie is held, with a market, processions, fireworks and feasts. Makers from all over Europe have stalls in the marketplace. Caroline and I visited in 1999 and met Terry Daunt, Adrian Charlton, Sally Goymer and Eva Seidenfaden. The feast and fireworks by the lake were wonderful. Here are some samples of what we saw.";
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"During the Fete, there is a procession of decorated carts, with local people in costume.  This is one of the carts being prepared",
"These are examples of the Panier Perigourdin, an unusual design from the Perigord region, constructed using a multi-rod spiral plait",
"Classic French baskets, including two French Fitched shoppers",
"German baskets, using unstripped willow steamed with copper to create the blue-green colour",
"More classic French work from the Villaines les Rochers school",
"Some of Guy Barbier"s colourful work",
"A basket made for two? Four handles!",
"Baskets made from the fruit clusters of the Date palm after harvesting.  The handle of the lidded basket is the remnant of the main stalk",
"Tiny, delicate skein work from Germany",
"More of the German skeined baskets, mostly less than 10cm across"
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