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Fête Nationale
< French 'national holiday'
DCHP-2 (Oct 2016)
Spelling variants:Fete nationale, Fete Nationale,
n. — Quebec, French relations
a public holiday in Quebec celebrated on June 24th.
Type: 1. Origin — Continuing a long tradition of celebrating the feast day of Saint Jean Baptiste, then-premier René Lévesque declared June 24th a public holiday, the Fête Nationale du Québec, in 1977. The holiday has become a symbol of Quebec national identity. As shown by Chart 1, the term is largely restricted to Quebec.
See also Gage-5, s.v. "Fête nationale", which is described as "in Québec", ITP Nelson, s.v. "Fête nationale", which is described as "celebrated in Quebec" and COD-2, which labels the term as "in Quebec".
See also Gage-5, s.v. "Fête nationale", which is described as "in Québec", ITP Nelson, s.v. "Fête nationale", which is described as "celebrated in Quebec" and COD-2, which labels the term as "in Quebec".
Quotations
1977
It's the traditional Fete de la Saint-Jean Baptiste which has become a two-day Fete Nationale incorporated within the more sedate and historical Semaine du Patrimonie (Heritage Week).
1983
After the sprint, which coincides with the June 24 Fete Nationale, Government offices run in distinctly low gear for July, if they are not closed.
2006
"This Fete nationale was being celebrated long before the Quiet Revolution (in the 1960s) -- and even before Confederation," he told a rural crowd yesterday.
2007
In the 1970s, the annual Fete Nationale music festivals on Montreal's Mount Royal and the revival of traditional Quebec music by such groups as le Reve du Diable preceded the election of the first PQ government in 1976.
2009
The celebrations of June 24 (La Saint-Jean? La Fete nationale? A party for the Parti?) and July 1 (Canada Day? Dominion Day? Moving day?) can be perilous occasions - marked by insults and propaganda, competing budgets, inflated turnouts, battles of the flags and such idiocies as whether a few words of pidgin English from Bloodshot Bill will sully the soft evening air of a rock concert.
2015
The majority of anglophone and allophone Quebecers will not partake in Fete nationale festivities, according to a new poll.
When it comes to June 24 festivities, 65 per cent of anglophones and 72 per cent of allophones have no intention of participating. [...] The same results are mirrored for Canada Day celebrations. Most francophone Quebecers have no interest in participating in July 1 festivities [...]
References
- Gage-5
- ITP Nelson
- COD-2
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