The Paris
International Agricultural Show (Salon International d’Agriculture) takes place
annually, end February / beginning March, at the exhibition area in the
southern part of Paris, Porte de Versailles. It’s one of the world’s most
important agricultural shows.
The 2014
version closed last weekend. I was one of the some 700.000 visitors. Yes, it’s
crowded, very popular. For the professionals, a more technical fair is held simultaneously,
every second year, in the northern suburbs (Villepinte).
It’s the
occasion to have a closer look on some 3 or 4 thousand exposed animals of some
hundreds of different kinds. There are daily shows organised with prizes
attributed.
There is of
course a bovine domination.
Most of the
horses showed there back parts only, but there was obviously a good reason for
that.
It was
easier to see the heads of some smaller members of the genus Equus.
There is
also competition between the goats and sheep.
I didn’t
count the number of “birds”…
… or rabbits.
Pigs seem
to be very productive … and sleepy.
One of the
major pleasures is of course to taste, buy… all kinds of agricultural products.
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7 comments:
It looks really interesting, but it must be torture having to get through all those people to see what you want to see.
Une jolie vitrine qui ne fait pas oublier la pollution des eaux par les nitrates et les pesticides.
It looks like a lot of fun!!! Wish I could have seen it. Thank you so much for the wonderful photos, Peter!
Glad that you have the opportunity to visit this exhibition and thanks so much for sharing these images. I watch some news about this event on the France TV last week.
Really COOL :)
Léia
Magnifique reportage, Peter !Mieux qu'à la télé.
Bravo !
Some very fine looking animals there, Peter. Those plaited/braided horse tails really tickled my funnybone.
This is so cute! And so entertaining!
Did they sell some of that delicious choucroute?
¿Y qué me dices de esos conejitos?
¡Que ganas de estar allí!
Mil gracias Peter.
Maria
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