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.

All labels observed (2)

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

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Statements (47)

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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Referenced by (2)

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