In the South of France, towns celebrate athletic town rivalries. In this case, Nimes (the host town) was hosting the competition at Les Arenes (the Roman Arena); and, hence, the Arena was closed to passing tourists (such as myself) in favor of the festivities. While the team from Nimes, dressed in red, looked fairly serious about the whole thing, the team from Mont de Marsan (a town in the Southwest of France) was truly having a festive time. They had painted themselves blue and paraded in front of the Nimes entrance beating on little home-made drums (old buckets, mostly), taunting the rival town before marching to their own entrance to raucous cheers. Overall, it appeared that a good time was had by all.
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