Limousin (province)

Limousin (province)

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The limousine car is named after the region because the inhabitants wore a hood with a profile perceived to be similar to that of the car.

Culture

The Limousin language is a dialect of Occitan language.

Perhaps due to its rural character, Limousin has maintained a strong tradition of traditional music, with ancient instruments such as the bagpipe (called "chabrette") and hurdy-gurdy remaining popular. [http://www.crmtl.fr/spip.php?article21] [http://www.mustradlib.net/cornemuses_en.php]

Language

Until the 1970s, Occitan was the predominant home language spoken in rural parts of the region.

There are several different dialects of Occitan in Limousin:
*Lemosi/Limousin
*Languedocien (Quercynois)
*Auvergnat
*Marchois

The Limousin dialect is spoken in Dordogne (in the région of Aquitaine) as well as in Limousin. It has been associated with a culture: that of the troubadours, chevaliers of refined love. Many medieval writers came from what are now the departments of Corrèze and Dordogne. This culture declined after the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts (1539) which made French the sole official language in the territory of the king of France, whether its people spoke a dialect of French (langues d'oïl) or Occitan (Lenga d'oc).

ee also

* [http://www.steveunsworth.co.uk/Albums/St_Benoit_Aug%20_2003_BW01/index.htm Pictures]
*Wine barrels
*Aimar V of Limoges


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