Bois en fête sets woodcraft in motion across Noguères. Woodworking trades will take center stage, from sawyers to carpenters, woodcarvers, cabinetmakers, and woodturners, as well as chair caners and upholsterers, all in a traditional Gascon atmosphere. Lectures on forestry and the history of Béarn furniture. Its interest lies in treating local speech, dance or song as material for a public gathering.
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Bois en Fete in Nogueres | Wood Crafts and Gascon Culture
Bois en Fete in Nogueres is a craft-centred celebration of wood trades and Gascon atmosphere. The programme honours sawyers, carpenters, resin workers, cabinetmakers and woodturners, alongside chair caners and upholsterers. It is a compact portrait of manual know-how: tools, materials and trades brought into public view so that visitors can see the cultural value of work usually hidden inside workshops.