Ti Douar Alré, a house of Breton language and culture, shows this film dubbed into Breton for children. The story is set in ninth-century Ireland, in the fortified abbey of Kells, where Brendan is a monk of twelve. Brother Aidan, a master illuminator and keeper of a fabulous unfinished book, takes him on as apprentice. To finish the manuscript Brendan leaves the abbey for the first time and meets Aisling, the wolf-child.
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Jules Gros in Breton at La Roche-Jagu
Jules Gros spent a lifetime writing down how Trégor actually talks, and the Domaine départemental de la Roche-Jagu has turned that record into a room to walk through. Olivia Blondel made the sculptural half and Gaby Kerdoncuff the sound. This guided reading of the exhibition is given entirely in Breton, announced by the estate as Gweladenn heñchet en diskouezadeg. The manor runs it as one of its own Breton language visits.
Gwerzioù & sonioù du Trégor, Ifig and Nanda Le Troadec
Ifig and Nanda Le Troadec are a couple on stage as in life, and Brittany’s fest-noz dancers know them for the kan ha diskan of Centre-Bretagne and Haute-Cornouaille. This veillée leaves the dance floor for the gwerzioù and sonioù of their native Trégor, sung in French and in Breton. Love songs sit beside epic tales, grandes complaintes, satires, children’s songs and darker ones. These were fireside songs, or songs thrown out at fairs and pardons.
Jules Gros, une vie à l’écoute du breton populaire
Daniel Giraudon and Francis Favereau sit down at the Domaine départemental de la Roche-Jagu to talk about Jules Gros. He gave much of a very long life to noting the Breton spoken around him in Trégor, one turn of phrase at a time. The result, the monumental Trésor du breton parlé, is why his name still circulates among speakers of the language. The man who emerges from their recollections is a polyglot and a collector of the vernacular.
C’hwezh Houarnet at Notre-Dame, Plouaret
Louri Derrien plays trumpet, Simon Latouche trombone and Yann-Ewen L’Haridon saxophones, and two of them also sing. Their sources are the traditional repertoire of central Brittany: the tunes made for dancing, and the gwerzioù, laments sung in Breton. The players work from the historical texts behind that repertoire. They have played together for years in Modkozmik Galactik and bring original compositions to the series Les Balades en Tregor runs.
A house for the korriganed in the Toulfoën forest
The Pays d’Art et d’Histoire de Quimperlé Communauté takes families into the forest on the trail of the korriganed, the little people of Breton legend. The walk reaches a mysterious dolmen among the trees. The group then learns songs drawn from the lore of those creatures, and finishes by building together a house worthy of them. The ground is uneven and unsuited to anyone who finds walking hard, so sturdy shoes and rain gear are part of the kit.
Breton tales read at the Ti ar Bleizig crèche
Two hours of tales told in Breton, read aloud at the Multi-Accueil Ti ar Bleizig in Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Éguiner. The reading is done by volunteers from the commune, which built the crèche’s pedagogical project with it to carry Breton forward. The house was the first structure to reach level 1 of the Ya d’ar brezhoneg Petite enfance charter, and it runs weekly Breton sessions with the association KLT. Entry is free.
Le Temps des Fileuses: Breton tales and archive film
Compagnie Marmouzic brings a told, musical and filmed passage through rural Brittany as it was in the decades either side of the war. Catherine Le Flochmoan tells three humorous Breton stories on stage, set against four films drawn from regional archive and documentary reels. Jérôme accompanies her on accordion. The spinners the title names stand for a round of farm work that has gone, and the piece tours under the Culture en Partage banner.
« Transmission(s), regards croisés » à Redon
The Groupement Culturel Breton opens its photographic archive at the Centre social Confluence, on Rue Guy Pabois in Redon. The series holds scenes of transmission: a geste, an air, a pas de danse, a story. Some travel de bouche à oreille, others de main à main, and together they shape a collective memory. The show hangs alongside the Bogue d’Or, the town’s gathering of chant, conte, musique and danse de tradition populaire, and entry is free.
Fest-noz des 40 ans du Bagad Bro Konk Kerne
The Bagad Bro Konk Kerne has carried the Breton pipe-band repertoire for four decades, and marks the anniversary with a fest-noz at Melgven. Its Bagadig and its Pipe-Band open the hall before the dancing. The Hamon-Martin Quintet, Blue Glaz and Kaféhin then take the stand, with the singers Irvoas and Flouret and the piper pairs Henaff/Meunier and Carrer/Perennou. A parquet is laid for dancers, and the bar serves crêpes and galettes-saucisses.