{"id":10986,"date":"2025-11-15T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T08:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/lamarseillaise\/news\/?p=10986"},"modified":"2025-11-21T08:24:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:24:32","slug":"les-santons-un-avant-gout-de-noel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/lamarseillaise\/news\/2025\/11\/15\/les-santons-un-avant-gout-de-noel\/","title":{"rendered":"Les santons, un avant-go\u00fbt de No\u00ebl"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p>Si vous n\u2019\u00eates pas Proven\u00e7al, ils ne vous disent peut \u00eatre rien, du moins sous cette appellation. Pourtant, ils garnissent les cr\u00e8ches de vos sapins de No\u00ebl, tradition largement s\u00e9cularis\u00e9e, au point de gagner, non sans pol\u00e9mique, certains b\u00e2timents publics. Les santons de Provence, petites figurines d\u2019argile color\u00e9es \u00e0 l\u2019effigie des personnages de la nativit\u00e9 (sc\u00e8ne biblique repr\u00e9sentant la naissance de J\u00e9sus-Christ), ont all\u00e8grement d\u00e9pass\u00e9 les fronti\u00e8res de la r\u00e9gion.<\/p>\n<p>La cr\u00e8che de No\u00ebl aurait \u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9\u00e9e en 1233 par Fran\u00e7ois d\u2019Assise. Il s\u2019agissait alors de cr\u00e8ches vivantes, avec des \u00eatres humains pour repr\u00e9senter les personnages bibliques. Mais sa version miniaturis\u00e9e, telle qu\u2019on la conna\u00eet aujourd\u2019hui, se popularise au XVIII<sup>e<\/sup>\u00a0si\u00e8cle, en Provence. La premi\u00e8re cr\u00e8che connue a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9e \u00e0 Marseille, par un certain Laurent, en 1775. Mais, ce n\u2019est qu\u2019au d\u00e9but du XIX<sup>e<\/sup>\u00a0si\u00e8cle que le santon (du proven\u00e7al \u00ab\u00a0santoun\u00a0\u00bb, qui signifie \u00ab\u00a0petit saint\u00a0\u00bb) en argile moul\u00e9e na\u00eet de la main du sculpteur phoc\u00e9en Jean-Louis Lagnel.<\/p>\n<p>Une vingtaine d\u2019artisans<br \/>\u00e0 Saint-Maximin<\/p>\n<p>Plus de deux si\u00e8cles plus tard, le santon de Provence est devenu une institution, si bien qu\u2019il a \u00e9t\u00e9 class\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019inventaire national du patrimoine culturel immat\u00e9riel fran\u00e7ais, en 2021. Et, chaque ann\u00e9e, avant les f\u00eates, on lui fait la part belle dans de nombreuses localit\u00e9s du territoire, comme \u00e0 Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, o\u00f9 se tiendra ces samedi et dimanche, la traditionnelle Foire aux Santons, 42<sup>e<\/sup>\u00a0du nom, dans la salle des f\u00eates communale.<\/p>\n<p>V\u00e9ritable hommage \u00e0 l\u2019artisanat local, elle r\u00e9unit une vingtaine de santonniers qui exposeront leurs cr\u00e9ations et vous feront d\u00e9couvrir leur savoir-faire, du moulage au s\u00e9chage en passant par la cuisson et la d\u00e9coration. Vous pourrez m\u00eame directement vous procurer vos santons pour d\u00e9corer votre sapin de No\u00ebl. Une quarantaine d\u2019exposants d\u2019art locaux et de m\u00e9tiers de bouche seront \u00e9galement pr\u00e9sents pour une immersion encore plus profonde dans la culture proven\u00e7ale. Cerise sur le g\u00e2teau\u00a0: vin et chocolat chauds vous seront offerts ce samedi \u00e0 17h30, \u00e0 l\u2019occasion du non moins traditionnel concert de No\u00ebl.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p><i>Samedi 15 et dimanche 16<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i><i>novembre d\u00e8s 9h, <br \/>entr\u00e9e gratuite.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Si vous n&rsquo;&ecirc;tes pas Proven&ccedil;al, ils ne vous disent peut &ecirc;tre rien, du moins sous cette appellation. 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