Los alumnos de Montpellier celebraron la fiesta de los Reyes Magos en el colegio. En Francia no es un día festivo pero comemos "la galette" o "le royaume" el día de la Epifanía.
Este es la explicación de Lesly y Alexis: " Comemos "la galette" o "le royaume"el 6 de enero. El más joven del grupo se pone debajo de la mesa y dicta el nombre de cada uno para darle una parte de pastel. Después, todos comemos "la galette". Dentro del pastel se esconde una "fève",una figurita. El que la encuentra tiene que ponerse la corona y se convierte en el Rey del día."
Nuestro Rey fue Alan Blanchet.
The students from Montpellier had the Wise Men celebration at school. It's not a bank holiday in France but people always eat epiphany cake on january the 6th. The youngest goes under the table and calls out the name of the one who is getting the piece of cake. Then,everyone shares the cake. The person who gets the "lucky charm"(a tiny character inside the cake) wears the crown and becomes the queen or the king. Today, Alan Blanchet is our king!
Long life to Alan!!
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| Our King Alan!! |
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| "la fève" "the lucky charm" |
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| "Le Royaume" |
The cake traditionally celebrating Epiphany in France is sold in most bakeries during the month of January. Two versions exist: the cake called "galette des roes" (which can be either circular or rectangular) consists of flaky puff pastry layers with a dense center of frangipane. In southern France - Occitania, Roussillon, Provence where it´s called "gâteau des rois or royaume", is a torus-shaped brioche with candied fruits and sugar, similar in its shape and colours to a crown.
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| "la galette" |
