The Costume

A testament to cultural attachment, costume is part of the daily life of the Camargue people.

The Gardian wears the moleskin trousers and the colored shirt for riding; he will put on the black velvet jacket, the tie and the wide-brimmed hat for great occasions.

It was at the beginning of the 20th century that the Marquis of Baroncelli defined it thus, giving it all its letters of nobility.

The girls wear Mireille's costume until they are 16, at which time the Festo Vierginenco ceremony will allow them to wear the Arlésienne costume and its famous ribbon.

Unlike the Guardian, it is only for special occasions that women will dress like this.

Indeed, wearing the costume symbolises the very identity of the Nacioun Gardiano: "maintaining and glorifying the costume, the customs and traditions of the Camargue and the bullfighting regions, continuing the development of the Occitan language, propagating the Félibriéan doctrine contained in the poetic works of Frédéric Mistral and his disciples."