PICTURESQUE FESTIVAL IN BRITTANY.—Breton peasants in their national costume holding mistletoe for distribution to the crowds at the Festival of the Bards, held annually at harvesting time. The majority of the population of Brittany is composed of a simple folk, for whom wealth of traditional song and story serves as a national culture, and festivals such as this are quite common throughout the year.
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Evening Star, Issue 21518, 16 September 1933, Page 7
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64PICTURESQUE FESTIVAL IN BRITTANY.—Breton peasants in their national costume holding mistletoe for distribution to the crowds at the Festival of the Bards, held annually at harvesting time. The majority of the population of Brittany is composed of a simple folk, for whom wealth of traditional song and story serves as a national culture, and festivals such as this are quite common throughout the year. Evening Star, Issue 21518, 16 September 1933, Page 7
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