2023-05-20 20:42:20
Renowned throughout Europe, the Teknival was created in 1993 and is held every year in France in a place unveiled at the last moment. WILLIAM SOUVANT / AFP
A total of five people were considered “absolute emergencies“, including three during the day on Friday.
THE “partygoerscontinued to arrive on Saturday for the 30th anniversary of Teknival, a high mass of rave parties organized since Thursday in Villegongis, a small village in Indre, where the number of participants exceeded 30,000 at the end of the afternoon according to the prefecture.
The gathering was prohibited by the authorities who, however, deployed an important medical, sanitary and logistical system – with in particular the requisition of bottles of drinking water – in order to ensure the safety of the event.
Saturday at 9:00 am, the number of participants in the Teknival, which settled by surprise on a private plot of 70 hectares on the edge of a wood, was “estimated at more than 23,000, taking into account overnight arrivals“, According to a press release from the Indre prefecture.
Hundreds of vehicles, some coming from abroad, rub shoulders with tents and surrounding walls that spit out their repetitive electronic rhythms without stopping.
The gendarmerie system deployed as soon as the first teknivaliers were installed on Thursday morning had checked 4,370 people and 1,325 vehicles at the start of the afternoon. The latest report showed 25 people fined for driving under the influence of narcotics, four for driving while intoxicated and 145 for possession of narcotics.
Five “absolute emergencies”
On the Teknival site itself, associations are present to provide care and prevention advice to participants, particularly in terms of drug use.
A stand of «product testingby infrared spectrometry, free and accessible to all, allows consumers to verify the nature of the substances in their possession. No major incident had been recorded Saturday morning.
Since the beginning of the Teknival, the rescuers have taken care of 248 people and the firefighters have counted a total of 73 entries to the “advanced medical postwhich was installed in the center of Villegongis, a village of 110 inhabitants.
A total of five people were considered “absolute emergencies“, including three during the day on Friday: all “accidents linked to the concentration of teknival workers on the site“, specified the prefect.
One of those injured is a 40-year-old man, under the influence of alcohol or narcotics, who fell asleep in the tall grass and was run over by a vehicle that was maneuvering and did not had not seen. He was hospitalized but his case was no longer considered an absolute emergency on Friday afternoon. Two other accidents involved participants bitten by vipers on Friday.
Presence of vipers
A danger taken very seriously by the prefecture, which has set up a “prevention device» aimed at teknivaliers, with distribution of «flyersand broadcast messages on phones located in the area to warn of the presence of these snakes.
If bitten by a viper,stand still; slightly elevate the affected limb; notify the emergency services on the site; remove rings, bracelets, tight shoes, and any objects that may cause compression“, According to this message. On the other hand, it is important not to suck the bite, incise or put a tourniquet, insists the prefecture.
«The security system and the rescue chain deployed on the Teknival site and around aim to guarantee the tranquility of the inhabitants of the municipalities close to the event, the safety of all, and in particular the health care of the participants.“, insists the prefecture of Indre in its press release.
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Renowned throughout Europe, the Teknival was created in 1993 and was held every year in France in a place unveiled at the last moment. His organization had been disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic which prevented large gatherings.
The Last Teknival”officialtook place in May 2019 on the Millevaches plateau, in Creuse, under particularly harsh weather conditions for the season, including snowfall.
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