Pétanque
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Pétanque is a sport that falls into the category of boules sports. In these sports, players or teams play their boules/balls towards a target ball.
Pétanque players on the beach in Nice, 2005
Boules players on the Champs-Élysées around 1840
Boules player, by Paul Gavarny, 1858
Pétanque players in Cannes
Occitan language
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Occitan, also known by its native speakers as lenga d'òc, sometimes also referred to as Provençal, is a Romance language spoken in southern France, Monaco, Italy's Occitan Valleys and the Val d'Aran i
Pétanque
…Pétanque (French: , locally in Provence ; Occitan: petanca ; Spanish: petanca ) is a sport that falls into the category of boules sports (along with raffa, bocce, boule lyonnaise, lawn bowls, and crown…
This bilingual street sign in Toulouse, like many such signs found in Toulouse's historical districts, is maintained primarily for its antique charm, and is typical of what little remains of the lenga d'òc in southern French cities.
Aranese signage in Bossòst, Val d'Aran, Spain
Occitan dialects according to Pierre Bec
Supradialectal classification of Occitan according to Bec