Traditions iconiques - Fête de la musique

Duolingo French Podcast

Duolingo

Society & Culture, Education

4.5 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Every year on June 21st, musicians across France take to the streets to celebrate la Fête de la musique. Growing up, Fanny’s birthday also happened to be on June 21st…and for a long time, she resented having to share her day with the popular French holiday. Until the tradition took on a special meaning for her…

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0:00.0	Language supposedly has all these rules.
0:04.8	Most of us never have to think about those rules, but the hidden hand of language guides
0:08.6	nearly every interaction we have with other people, determining whether we connect, entertain,
0:14.2	confuse, insult, or dazzle the people we communicate with.
0:18.1	In Radio Lingo, the new podcast from Duo Lingo and Crooked Media, we explore how language
0:23.6	shapes our world and how our world shapes language.
0:27.2	I'm Amadella Yuckbure.
0:28.4	I'm an audio journalist and James Beard Award winning writer.
0:32.0	I am an awe-void language.
0:33.9	It's complexity and it's simplicity.
0:36.1	The way we can use it to create both distance and understanding.
0:39.6	I'm going to be your guide.
0:41.4	Join us as we take you on a linguistic journey.
0:44.7	From Crooked Media and Duo Lingo, this is Radio Lingo.
0:48.9	New episodes of Tuesdays on your favorite podcast apps.
0:57.6	June 21, 1988.
1:01.1	And today is Fanny's 13th birthday.
1:04.9	To celebrate, her parents are taking her to visit Paris for the very first time.
1:11.4	When she gets there, she can't believe her eyes.
1:16.0	Or ears.
1:17.0	The streets of Paris are full of worlds.
1:30.5	Paris is celebrating a special holiday.
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