Editing Cambrai (section)

===Cultural events and festivities===
On 15 August is the communal festival of Cambrai, and one of the highlights of the popular local life. This great festival (or {{ill|Ducasse (festival)|fr|Ducasse|lt=Ducasse}}) extends for ten days in the ''Place de l'Hôtel de ville'' [City Hall Square]. The day of 15 August is punctuated by the traditional parade of the giants {{Interlanguage link multi|Martin and Martine|fr|3=Martin et Martine}}, symbols of the city, and a fireworks display. This festival, originally a procession which took place the day after [[Trinity Sunday]], dates back to 1220. It was embellished over time with fireworks, banquets and cavalcades, and was regarded as one of the seven wonders of the [[Cambrésis]]. Over the centuries the festival has changed, reflecting the concerns of the contemporary: Since attachment to France it has been celebrated on 15 August, festival of the [[Assumption of Mary|Assumption]], in response to the wish of [[Louis XIII of France|Louis XIII]] to devote the Kingdom to the Virgin; in 1790 it celebrated the [[Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen|Declaration of the Rights of Man]] and the [[Fête de la Fédération]]; in 1802, with the signature of the [[concordat]], the image of Our Lady of Grace was again carried in procession, reinforced by the bust of [[François Fénelon|Fénelon]]. Under the [[First French Empire|First Empire]] it celebrated his Imperial Majesty [[Napoleon|Napoleon I]]. In the 19th century, finally, interests turned more to local life, and the progress of science and industry.<ref group=a>p.196</ref>

Musically, the town of Cambrai receives two festivals. Firstly, the ''Juventus'' classical music festival. The Juventus association mark young talented European soloists. They are appointed, if they accept it, "Juventus Winners" during their first participation in a Juventus festival. Every summer the old and the new winners gather for a fortnight at the festival to prepare chamber music concerts in exceptional conditions. ''Juventus'', established in 1991 at the [[Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans]], was set at Cambrai from 1998 with the help of the General Council of the department.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.music-juventus.fr/|title = page d'accueil|work = festival Juventus|access-date = 20 May 2015|archive-date = 3 July 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150703134458/http://www.music-juventus.fr/|url-status = dead}}</ref> Meanwhile, {{Interlanguage link multi|BetiZFest|fr|3=BetiZFest|lt=''BetiZFest''}} is an alternative music festival, which has been organised since 2003. It is organised during the month of April. ''Les Féodales'' is a street show which represents the [[Middle Ages]]. The last edition took place in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lobservateurducambresis.fr/actualite/Cambrai-:-pas-de-Feodales-l-an-prochain--3418-flash.html|title=Cambrai : pas de Féodales l'an prochain|year=2009|publisher=L'Observateur du Cambrésis|access-date=20 May 2015|archive-date=21 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721005840/http://www.lobservateurducambresis.fr/actualite/Cambrai-:-pas-de-Feodales-l-an-prochain--3418-flash.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Cambrai city hall is the national headquarters of the Union for the horse breed of the "[[Trait du Nord]]". The Trait du Nord national competition is traditionally held during the last weekend of July at the ''Palais des Grottes''. Bringing together the elite of the breed, it ends on Sunday afternoon on the ''Place de l'hôtel de Ville'' with a grand parade, the most important festive presentation in France of a breed of draft horses.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.trait-du-nord.fr/|title = Trait-du-Nord|work = groupe associatif " Cheval de Trait "|access-date = 20 May 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150905144618/http://www.trait-du-nord.fr/|archive-date = 5 September 2015|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref>