FRENCH BASTILLE DAY
MARKED ON KENYAN SOIL 2012
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| Aude Demoustier with Agence Francaise Development Regional Director Yves Terracol |
Saturday July 14th saw French Embassies
around the world mark Bastille Day. This is a national holiday in celebration
of the beginning of a new form of government to the French
Simply put, at one time in France, kings
and queens ruled and the people were fed up with the decisions made by them.
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| Sound Asia presenter Pooja kotedia |
The Bastille was a prison in France
For many French people, it was a symbol of
all the corruption and misrule by the kings and queens. So, on July 14th
1789, a large number of French citizens gathered together and stormed the
Bastille. So, the French celebrate the storming of the Bastille as the
beginning of the French revolution.
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venue:
French Ambassador’s residence, Woodley Nairobi
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additional
info from Kenya
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pics
from the star…http://www.the-star.co.ke/society/society/85478-french-bastille-day-celebrated-in-kenya
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| Laura Herbert, Emily Herbert and Sophie Dupuich |
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| Khadija Bakari, John Meza and Winnie Wambui |
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| French Ambassador Etienne De Poncins with KENGEN MD Eddy Njoroge |
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