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23 juin 2014

Les Bigoudènes En Folie

Les Bigoudènes En Folie
It's tyre-racing time. The Bretons of Mayotte have two teams, one all-female, one all-male. The leader of the Bretons works in the police station and usually manages to rope in a team of policemen/women. He'd managed it last year, and had seemed to manage...
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Tags: girl,  t-shirt,  tyres,  bretons,  tyre racing,  soap,  flag,  stick,  sport,  team,  five,  headdress
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8 juillet 2013

Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.

Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.
Rules for the Tyre Race. Wear the official Tyre Race t-shirt while racing. Collect one number sign per team the week before the race. This number sign will be necessary to collect the remaining number signs for each team. Without the first number sign,...
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1 juillet 2013

Practising for the Grand Tyre Race

Practising for the Grand Tyre Race
About two weeks ago, the lady in charge of the Bretons of Mayotte Association sent a collective e-mail out, asking for people to become "ambassadors" for the tyre race which was to take place on the 29th of June. I responded, asking what would be involved,...
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2 juillet 2012

Tyred flat out.

Tyred flat out.
On Saturday, there was the Grand Tyre Race in Mamoudzou. Hundreds of people had come to race and to watch, as this is THE big event of the year in Mayotte. The idea is to race for 2.2km through the capital city, driving a used tyre in front of oneself...
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Tags: mamoudzou,  mayotte,  girl,  tyres,  boy,  grease,  race,  run,  tyre racing,  yoghurt,  face paint,  prize,  soap
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