Abstract
From well-known celebrations of Carnival and la ducasse, to obscure saint commemorations, ritualized festivals and processionals in Francophone Belgium survive in popular memory and in uence contempo-rary conceptions of local identity. Several St. Roch military marches in the l Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse region in Wall onia received UNESCO recognition as examples of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2012. The annual, multi-day processionals involve hundreds of marchers from local communities dressed in Napo-leonic-era military uniforms, carrying authentic mus-kets and escorting a statue of St. Roch. Many of these marchers trace family involvement back t hrough mul-tiple generations.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 135-167 |
| Number of pages | 33 |
| Journal | Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Nieuwste Geschiedenis/ Revue Belge de Histoire Contemporaine |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 2-3 |
| State | Published - 2017 |
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