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Cri du Cochon

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Oct 01 2006

We boldly wallowed where many a strange man has wallowed before!

To a small and quaint town called Trie sur Baïse, in the Hautes-Pyrenees Rach Piggot (a.k.a. Pig) and I went in pursuit of the legendary men and women who engage in the high pitched battle to become the World Champion Pig squeeler, or ‘Cri du Cochon’ in French.

Impersonating the birth, life and death of the humble porker, about 8 men and women cried out on stage, while the much larger audience cried tears of laughter. Actually, it could have been pain because I had to put my fingers in my ears on more then one occassion.

Anyway, there was certainly a lot of support and a popular choice, Stéphane Séjourné, a university lecturer was crowned with the title. One that I’m sure his peers and students would be very impressed with.

Oh, you could also bet on a pig tri-factor in the piglet racing.

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The vast majority of posts in this blog are about quirky & eccentric competitions & festivals. I started it in 2006 in France with a competition I’ll never forget. Where contestants battle it out to become the World Champion Pig Squeeler, or ‘Cri du Cochon’. I had little knowledge back then of quite how far my pursuit of these kind of events would lead me. I’ve travelled all over Britain (and occasionally further afield) to capture our curiosities and quirks. There’s nothing uniquely eccentric about the British, you’ll find people all over the world up to all sorts of weird and wonderful activities, but we do have a remarkable capacity to embrace the madness. ‘A Brit Different’ is the book that was born from it, my labour of love! So what next? There’s always something interesting going on, so watch this space, only time will tell!

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