Crossage in Chievres Town

CHIEVRES, HAINAUT, BELGIUM

02.20.2018

Video by Henri Cambier 

Training Support Activity Europe           

U.S. Army Garrison Benelux community members participate in a traditional festivity called “Crossage” in Chièvres, Belgium, Feb. 14, 2018. The annual event, named after the golf-like, medieval sport, takes place the day after Mardi Gras. Players drive an oak ball called a “chôlette” with a wooden club or “rabot” into metal kegs set up around town. Whenever a player is ready to swing, they yell “Chôlette!”(U.S. Army video by Visual Information Specialist Henri Cambier)

• Date Taken: 02.20.2018
• Date Posted: 02.21.2018 03:08
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 585672
• VIRIN: 180214-A-HZ738-9001
• Filename: DOD_105332106
• Length: 00:00:55
• Location: CHIEVRES, HAINAUT, BE