The Mustonnades | Tourisme Creuse Limousin

Les Moutonnades De Bénévent L'abbaye Creuse©j. Damase Adrt23, La Creuse

The Mustonnades

August 20 and 21, 2022

Tradition and relaxation are celebrated every year in Bénévent l’Abbaye. The Moutonnades are the festive and friendly summer rendezvous of your vacations in Creuse.

PROGRAM 2022

Spectacle De Rue Les Moutonnades Creuse©j. Damase Adrt23, La Creuse

Tradition revisited in Creuse

At the beginning of the 20th century, Bénévent l’Abbaye, a small commune in Creuse in the Limousin region, was specialized in the trade of butchered animals and more particularly sheep. This activity made the wealth and fame of this village.

If this activity has now ceased, a part of this heritage is put back in honor with “Les Moutonnades Bénéventines” the history of the sheep both in the animations and in the local specialty: the “frivolités bénéventines”.

Conviviality and encounters

For three days, visitors will become familiar with the professions related to sheep and goat farming. The highlight of this event: the nightly transhumance between Marsac and Bénévent l’Abbaye. The spectators take on the costume of a shepherd for a few hours. Then, the evening ends in the heat of the summer under the stars or in the sheepfold on a session of storytelling.

As this appointment is intended to be open to the largest number, shows for all audiences are scheduled throughout the festivities. Concert, theater, reading of tales will punctuate this colorful event.