Kendalc'h

Kendalc'h Île-de-France at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient 2012

Kendalc'h (in Breton, literally "preservation" or continuity), is a confederacy of Celtic circles formed late 1950 in Quimper (Brittany). Kendalc'h promotes the Breton culture by means of the popular arts, based on eight radiuses of action: dance, costume, stage, street, youth, formation, music and publishing.[1] It counts 180 Breton associations today (among which 30 outside Brittany), approximately 13,000 members, working in the domains of the Breton dance and the choral singing in Breton language.[2] The other confederacy of Circles in Brittany is War'l Leur.

References

  1. ↑ lan Pierre and Daniel Cario (pref. Alan Stivell), La danse bretonne : Un ouvrage essentiel pour connaître et mieux pratiquer les danses bretonnes, Coop Breizh, 1999, p. 122
  2. ↑ Christos Clairis, Langues et cultures régionales de France: dix ans après : cadre légal, politiques, médias, Actes du colloque 3 et 4 décembre 2009, Sorbonne-Université Paris Descartes, L'Harmattan, 2011, p. 235

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