But feathered fans of the celebrity cockerel were on parade outside the courthouse, among them a chicken called Pompadour and giant Brahma rooster called Jean-Rene. The couple’s lawyer, however, rejected the characterisation of the case as a battle between “bobos” – bourgeois bohemians – and countryfolk. Tensions between locals and holiday-home owners are nothing new in rural France, but Maurice’s case has become something of a cause celebre. Our accents?” said Christophe Sueur, mayor of Saint-Pierre-d’Oleron where Maurice and his owner live, in comments to AFP last month. Dionis du Sejour has asked the French government to classify the sounds of rural France as part of the country’s heritage.

Source: The Express Tribune July 05, 2019 06:54 UTC