A th é rey , ▁Mont ory , ▁Sainte - En gr âce , ▁T ard ets - S or hol us , ▁Tro is - V illes . ▁ ▁For ▁administrative ▁purposes , ▁the ▁communes ▁of ▁Sou le ▁are ▁grouped ▁into ▁four ▁cant ons ; ▁the ▁canton ▁of ▁Ma ul éon - L ich ar re , ▁that ▁includes ▁ 1 9 ▁communes ; ▁the ▁canton ▁of ▁T ard ets - S or hol us , ▁that ▁includes ▁ 1 6 ▁communes ; ▁the ▁canton ▁of ▁Saint - Pal ais ▁and ▁the ▁canton ▁of ▁O lor on . ▁ ▁Culture ▁ ▁After ▁dec ades ▁of ▁em igration ▁and ▁dem ographic , ▁social ▁and ▁cultural ▁decay , ▁the ▁territory ▁is ▁showing ▁a ▁strong ▁determ ination ▁to ▁recover ▁the ▁lost ▁vital ity ▁of ▁centuries ▁ago . ▁Ass orted ▁cultural ▁events ▁linked ▁to ▁old ▁trad itions ▁bear ▁witness ▁to ▁that ▁dynam ism . ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁tradition ▁of ▁folk ▁musical ▁theatre , ▁the ▁past oral : ▁the ▁inhabitants ▁of ▁a ▁village ▁spend ▁the ▁year ▁prepar ing ▁and ▁re he ars ing ▁the ▁play ▁and ▁its ▁d ances . ▁Trad itionally , ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁the ▁play ▁was ▁Catholic , ▁but ▁recently ▁pieces ▁of ▁Bas que ▁history ▁are ▁also ▁presented . ▁Another ▁event ▁a kin ▁to ▁the ▁past oral ▁bel oved ▁of ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁Sou le ▁is ▁the ▁mask ar adas . ▁This ▁the atr ical ▁performances ▁are ▁put ▁on ▁in ▁many ▁villages ▁of ▁Sou le ▁in ▁car n ival ▁time ▁through ▁spring .