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Video. WATCH: Tourists, locals fired up as Bayonne festival kicks off

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Located in the Baque country, locals from Bayonne welcomed people to the streets for their annual festival.

Many fashioned the traditional white outfit with a red scarf, acting out the daily rituals of the "festayres".

The annual Bayonne festivities get underway with a traditional ceremony around the balcony of the town hall and the appearance of King Léon. 

"For me, it represents good times: friends, good food. And just plain fun!" Caroline, who travelled from Savoie, said. 

She is one of many who travel to the Basque country every year.

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