Gayant
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thumb|Carriers below the giant couple in front of the town hall thumb|Gayant and Marie Cagenon thumb|Family of Gayant of Douai (1780) by [[Louis Joseph Watteau in Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai.]] thumb|Gayants in 1910.
Gayant is a processional giant that symbolizes the city of Douai. It is carried through the city for three days each year at the beginning of July as part of an eponymous festival alongside its "wife", Marie Cagenon, and their three "children", Jacquot, Fillon, and Binbin. The family arrives at the belfry at Douai on the final Sunday of the festival, which culminates with Le Grand Cortège (The Grand Procession) in the afternoon.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gayant” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.