Fête Nationale de la France

Que signifie le 14 Juilleten France?

Liberté

le 14 juillet (et la fête nationale française) commémore la prise de la Bastille, en 1789 par le peuple francais.

C’est le début de la Révolution française de

1789 et la fin de la monarchie en France. La Bastille était une prison a Paris, et un

symbole du pouvoir de l'Ancien Régime de Louis XVI.

1789

Monarchie et Famille Royale Président et République de France

Régime féodale

pauvréte

1ère Revolution Française

2ème 3ème 4ème 5ème1ère

1850 1870 1944 1958 2009

Le drapeauLe défilé, la fête, le bal, les feux d'artificeLa revolutionAncien RégimeLa monarchieLe bourgeoisieLa bastille

The parade

The celebrationThe Party

The Revolution

The Monarchy

Fireworks

Old OrderFlag

The Prison

The middleclasses

Egalité

Le ParisLe bourgeoisie

Que symbolise le tricolor de France?

Le RoiL’ égliseLe clergé

Le Paris

La noblesseLe sang/la lutte

The "tricolor" (three-colour) flag is an emblem of the Fifth Republic.

It had its origins in the union, at the time of the French Revolution,

The colours of the flag are representative of the three main social classes of the ‘Ancien Régime’. As such, the clergy and the King were represented by the white, the nobility by the red and the bourgeoisie by the blue. Blue and Red also symbolised the city of Paris at the time.

Today, the "tricolor" flies over all public buildings. It is flown at most official ceremonies, both civil and military.

Images du

tricolor

Fraternité

C’est l‘hymne national français

La Marseillaise a été composée par Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle en 1792 et a été déclarée « l'hymne national français » en 1795.

Qu’est que la Marseillaise?

All revolutionaries praised singing as an ideal means to rouse republican enthusiasm. Songs and hymns allowed performers to proclaim revolutionary ideals and unified audiences; singing was available to literate and illiterate alike; the simplest tune could carry a sense of the Revolution into the most mundane tasks of daily life. And because singing could also be a group activity, it helped to affirm the collective solidarity of those participating: la fraternité!

Qu’est que la Marseillaise?

Ecoute:

http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa071400m.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/experience/14july/answer_page.shtml

In the first sequence of interviews how many words ending in -té can you hear?

What are the key elements of the 14th July celebrations today?

What do the celebrations symbolise for most French people?

High five!