Doudou of Mons

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Doudou of Mons is a historic annual festival in Mons, Belgium, featuring religious processions and a famous dragon-slaying reenactment known as the Lumeçon.

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Doudou (Ducasse de Mons) 1
Doudou of Mons canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intangible cultural heritage
religious procession
traditional festival
associatedWithObject Car d’Or (Golden Chariot)
reliquary of Saint Waltrude
country Belgium
estimatedOriginCentury 14th century
featuresCharacter Saint George
dragon
featuresMusic brass bands
traditional songs of Mons
featuresPerformanceType historical reenactment
street theatre
frequency annual
hasAudience local inhabitants of Mons
tourists
hasCulturalSignificance folklore
local identity of Mons
religious devotion
hasMainVenue Grand-Place of Mons
linked to: Grand-Place de Mons
hasPart Lumeçon
dragon-slaying reenactment
procession of the reliquary of Saint Waltrude
religious procession of the Car d’Or
hasParticipantRole Saint George rider
city authorities of Mons
devils
dragon handlers
white men (les Hommes blancs)
heritageDesignation UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
heritageProtectionStatus protected intangible heritage in Belgium
honours Saint Waltrude
language French
locatedIn Mons
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Hainaut Province
linked to: Hainaut

Wallonia
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time
occursInMonth June
May
organisedBy City of Mons authorities
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
symbolizes protection of the city of Mons
victory of good over evil
tourismAttractionStatus major event in Mons tourism calendar
typicalStartTime Trinity Sunday
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2005
UNESCORegion Europe and North America

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mons hasCulturalEvent Doudou of Mons
Mons hasFestival Doudou (Ducasse de Mons)
subject linked to: Mons, Belgium
linked to: Doudou of Mons