Seychelles 26 October: VICTORIA - BEAU VALLON
Creole Festival Day in Seychelles
Enjoy this video from both days.
Beau Vallon Beach offers us its heavenly landscape.
La plage de Beau Vallon nous offre son paysage paradisiaque
Our Peace Run team was invited to do a presentation at the headquarters of the Seychelles Athletics Federation at 'Popiler Victoria' stadium
Notre équipe Peace Run fut invitée à faire une présentation au siège de la Fédération d'Athlétisme des Seychelles à Victoria au stade Popiler
Mr Wilfred Adrien, Secretary General of the federation organised the team to present to a group of their athletes and administrators.
Wilfred Adrien, le secrétaire général de la fédération, avait organisé la rencontre
Pierrette, TV presenter with SBC who had been with the team yesterday, brought her daughter Hailey.
Pierrette et sa fille
The girls football team having completed their training session did a lap of the track with the torch.
Des supporters se joignèrent à un tour de stade ave la torche
Heading north from Victoria to take the longer coastal route back to Beau Vallon. The road skirted the beautiful Seychelles beaches...
Nous continuames le long des belles plages des Seychelles en direction de Beau Vallon
We met local children, Gavin being so inspired he ran with us for a few hundred metres down the road.
En cours de route, des habitants et touristes nous encouragèrent de leur voeux en portant la torche quelques instants
Our Czech members happy to meet with compatriots.
Des membres de notre équipe heureux de rencontrer des compatriotes tchèques
It seemed that nature was also happy to show us its beauty.
La nature elle-même semblait heureuse de nous montrer sa beauté
Creole culture in all its aspects is celebrated in the annual Creole Festival, today being the street parade of floats and performances which wound its way through the streets and boulevards of Victoria.
Un petit tour au Canaval Créole à Victoria
The parade passed the Unity Monument which represents the four pillars of the Seychelles economy - fisheries, agriculture, tourism and small businesses...
The Bicentennial Monument symbolises the 3 continents which contributed to the Seychelles settlement (Europe, Africa, Asia).
un monument sybolisant les trois continents à l'origine du peuplement des Seychelles
( Europe, Africa, Asia)