In centuries past, when a person's honor was offended, he would challenge the culprit to a duel. The last duel in France took place as recently as 1967, between two respected politicians!
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Caption 1 [fr]: Il y avait une drôle de coutume en France. Caption 1 [en]: There used to be a funny custom in France.
The first of April is the day of hoaxes, pranks, and jokes. In France, the tradition is to hang paper fish on people's backs and shout, "Poisson d'avril!" (April Fish!).
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Caption 8 [fr]: de cette coutume en France. Caption 8 [en]: about this custom in France.
Patricia explains in detail the tradition of the galette des rois (kings' cake), which predates Christianity. The tradition is linked to a Roman pagan celebration called Saturnalia, during which a lucky slave was crowned "king" for the day.
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Caption 39 [fr]: c'est que cette coutume était pratiquée pour resserrer les liens sociaux. Caption 39 [en]: is that this custom was observed to tighten social bonds.
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