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folk dancers Plozévet. After the pageant, accompanied by piano and violin, was a dinner for 300 guests, and the festival ended with a grand ball, where the gavotte was mixed with the
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In 1948 a sixteen-year-old girl was elected festival queen, provoking criticism from the Roman
Catholic Church. As a result, in 1949 the practice of electing a festival queen was abandoned, and the festival changed to emphasize
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in its diversity and its richness. About 180 shows, concerts and animations take place in the day and in the evening in the urban heart of the city of
Quimper: "a festival in the heart of a city and a culture".
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project, which brought together seventy Celtic musicians. This collaboration resulted in a number of albums under the name "Heritage des Celtes".
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174:, Sylvain Giro, Groove Boys, Amieva
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99:Les grandes FĂȘtes de Cornouaille
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