On the day of the wedding, the
bride should respect traditions in
order to have a successful
union.
She has to wear 4
specifics items and this is actually
similar to the English tradition of
"something old, something
borrowed, something new and
One of these items must be old (it
is often a family jewel)The other
one must be brand newThe next
one must be borrowedAnd the last
one has to be blue.The meaning
of this tradition is the following:
The old element characterizes the
family link of the bride and her life
until the wedding.The brand new
characterizes the success for the
life which is beginning.The
borrowed element symbolizes luck
and happiness for the couple.The
blue symbolizes fidelity and
pureness in the couple. It is usual
that the bride should stay on the
left of her future husband during
all the steps of the wedding. This
tradition is very old. It comes from
the time when the man put a cloth
on the head of the woman he
chose to kidnap.
AURAY CUSTOMS
AND TRADITIONS
Fest-Noz
In French fest-noz means
festival night. It's a party of
Celtic origin.
He was created in 1950. On
5th December 2012, the fest
noz was listed as an
Intangible Cultural Heritage of
Humanity by the UNESCO.
A bagad is a Breton band,
composedof bagpipes (Breton: b
inioù, French:Cornemuse), bom
bards and drums (including snar
e, tenor and bass drums).
The pipe band tradition in
Brittany was inspired by
the Scottish example and has
developed since the mid-20th
century. A bagad plays
mainly Breton music, but new
forms and musical ideas are
experimented with at each
annual national competition.The
plural for bagad is unusual in
that many are referred to
as bagadoù but for two, three or
any other specified number they
are simply referred to as bagad.
In fest noz, there are the
musicians and the dancers.
The musicians play different
musics, like andro, hanter
dro, scotisch, ridée.
The Britain Language
“Breton” is a Celtic language ,
we think it comes from the
immigration from Ireland and
Great Britain's population.
This language is similar to
Welsh and Cornic.
“Breton” can be learned in
primary school and in high
school. Breton is also used
during fest noz and in some
songs, and the signs on the
roads are written in the two
languages.
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