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    A fest noz (sometimes hyphenated as fest-noz; "night festival" in Breton) is a Breton traditional festival, with dancing in groups and live musicians playing...
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    Bretons (section Fest-noz)
    of the fest-noz are old, some dating back to the Middle Ages, the fest-noz tradition is itself more recent, dating back to the 1950s. Fest-Noz was officially...
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  • Noz may refer to: NOz, certain types of nitrogen oxide Bugul Noz (night shepherd), a night creature in Breton mythology Fest Noz (night festival), a traditional...
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  • dance, and associated music and events similar in style to the Breton fest noz but featuring only Cornish dances. nos lowen is Cornish for 'happy night'...
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    Every August the Plouézec-Ballinamore twinning committee organises Noz Ar Vilin Fest Noz around the windmill. There is a selection of Breton and Irish music...
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  • with flourishing traditional forms such as the bombard-biniou pair and fest-noz ensembles incorporating other additional instruments, it has also branched...
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    condemn it, it is now completely anchored in daily life. Attending any fest-noz suffices to understand that we are not maintaining a dying fire. With this...
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    1950s, with the development of the Celtic Circles (cultural groups) and Fest Noz (night festival). In the agricultural society of the 19th century, the...
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    championship of Breton pipe bands (third category), Cyber fest noz Sunday 26 : Kemper en Fête, fest deiz/fest noz Tuesday 22 : Susheela Raman, Annie Ebrel, Joa Trio...
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  • Cashmere Cat, Interzone Extended, Startijenn & El Taqa, Cansione / Grenanico, Fest-noz Sunday, July 21 : Phoenix, Carlos Santana, Marc Lavoine, Lou Doillon, The...
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    (single) Panique celtique (1998) (English: Celtic Panic) Fest Noz de Paname (2000) (English: Celtic Fest from Paris) On Peut Tous Rêver (2004) (English: We...
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    Stivell (bombard by Christophe Caron) and the increasing popularity of both Fest Noz dances and traditional music competitions. Bombards are woodwind instruments...
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    with the Irish town of Ballinamore and the twinning committee hosts a Fest Noz festival every August around the Moulin de Craca which regularly draws...
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  • from Twm Twp; and heavy metal from Glorystrokes. Hootenanny Troyl Feis Fest noz Nos lowen Noson llawen "Scottish music - Céilidh". BBC. Retrieved 18 September...
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    fast rhythm, bringing dancers in the trance. Thus, they revitalized the Fest Noz (night festival), attracting the young audience and new followers. The...
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    Cadoudal taught Rivoallan how to play the bombard and they participated in a Fest Noz, leading to the creation of the Bagad Bourbriac in 1953. In 1958, 1959...
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    career as a farmer, he was active in the world of kan ha diskan and modern fest noz. Born in Lanrivain on 8 October 1930, Guilloux was the youngest of eight...
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    slowly expanded in popularity in traditional groups associated with the "fest noz" dance culture, typically accompanied by instruments such as fiddle, guitar...
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    Sonerien Du is a group of Breton music adapted for the dances in Fest Noz. The group was born in 1972, in Alan Stivell's trail, harpist of the Celtic Revival...
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    and Loran, guitarist from the group Bérurier Noir. They play concerts at fest noz as well as normal rock concerts[clarification needed]. Most of their songs...
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    of its folk music. Numerous festivals were created, along with smaller fest-noz (popular feasts). The bagadoù, bands composed of bagpipes, bombards and...
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  • Brittonic branch. Gallo is a Romance language. bigouden bagads biniou Fest noz Festival Interceltique de Lorient Kalan Goañv Flag of Brittany Bro Gozh...
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  • consisting of a bombard and a biniou (bagpipe), is usually played at festoù-noz (Fest Noz) celebrations (some are famous, such as Printemps de Chateauneuf Archived...
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    "Equitation in the French tradition". unesco.org. Retrieved 2015-12-23. "Fest-Noz, festive gathering based on the collective practice of traditional dances...
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    1950s and early 1960s but eventually faded out of style. Barn theatre Fest Noz Noze looan Twmpath Vallely, F. (1999). The Companion to Traditional Irish...
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    applied for animate referents. Metals, time divisions (except for eur "hour", noz "night" and sizhun "week") and mountains tend to be masculine, while rivers...
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    on albums including Imeall by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (Altan's vocalist). Fest noz List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin "An Dro Reel". The...
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  • A combined dance/concert event featuring Breton Fest Noz and Cornish Ceili, known as the AberFest-Noz takes place in the evening. Easter Sunday Morning...
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    Welsh term for a party with music, similar to a cèilidh. Cèilidh Feis Fest noz Nos lowen Troyl Twmpath R. W. Jones, Bywyd Cymdeithasol Cymru yn y Ddeunawfed...
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    approach is intended for listening and not specifically for the traditional Fest Noz dance circuit, and contains the Scots ballads of bouzouki and mandolin...
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