[a fool in paradise]

"Line dancing at the country music festival in Mirande, France. The annual event also attracts faux cowboys and John Wayne fans."

[a fool in paradise]

What I think of when I think of French cowboys.

Not a bad read actually...

[1rudeboy]

I was in Germany when John Wayne died. The headlines in all the papers were enormous.

[dfwgator]

“It’s just like in a western movie,” said Gina Debinska, a homemaker born in Poland who comes here every year and dreams of owning a ranch in the United States, even though she has never been there...

I wonder is she realizes there is also a huge country festival in Poland every year.

[SunkenCiv]

A niece of mine once visited Nice.

[Cincinna]

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There is a part of SW France called La Camargue which really is cowboy country. The wild horses of La Camargue are world famous.

This sounds like a charming French town festival. It highlights the love/hate relationship that the French have always had with America and American culture.

Just as the French stereotypes of the American South are stuck in the past, Alambama ca. 1956, their stereotypes of the West, and cowboy culture,ranches,come right out of Amrerican B movies and TV shows They still worship John Wayne, and almost believe that JR is real.

All in all it sounds like fun Loving line dancing can’t be a bad thing.

[aimee5291]

You gotta love the French :)

[AnAmericanMother]

And I thought we were strange!