Pardon des Sept Saints
Founded in 1954, this unique islamo-Christian pardon in a small Trégor village brings together Catholic masses and Muslim Fatiha prayers around the same sacred chapel, an unbroken tradition of interfaith encounter unlike any other in Brittany.
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"In its 51st edition, this specialist festival in the hamlet of Danouet near the chapel of Notre-Dame du Danouet is devoted entirely to the Plinn dance tradition of the Kreiz-Breizh, combining workshops, sonneurs competitions, a pardon and a grand fest-noz on the Feast of the Assumption."
Festival Plinn du Danouet
"The Assumption Day pardon at Kernascléden draws pilgrims to one of Brittany's finest flamboyant Gothic chapels, whose fifteenth-century frescoes including a rare danse macabre form a breathtaking backdrop to procession and prayer."
Pardon de Notre-Dame de Kernascléden
"Created in 1979, this Assumption Day pardon in a hamlet of fewer than 800 people brings together thousands of motorcyclists from across France for the blessing of their machines by the village rector, a perfectly Breton fusion of ancient devotion and contemporary community."
Pardon de la Madone des Motards
"On the Feast of the Assumption, pilgrims climb to the pink-granite chapel of Notre-Dame de la Clarté above the Côte de Granit Rose for one of the Trégor coast's most beloved annual pardons, with procession, banner-bearers and sea views."
Pardon Notre-Dame de la Clarté
"Rooted in Guingamp for more than 60 years, this five-day festival of Breton dance and music includes a championship of Breton dance, nightly fest-noz, and free street animations that draw dancers and sonneursFrom across the peninsula."
Festival de la Saint-Loup
"Held since the early medieval period on the sands of Douarnenez Bay, this pardon sees up to 500 Breton-costumed cross-bearers and banner-carriers from parishes across Finistère process over the dunes in one of the most visually spectacular pilgrimages in all Brittany."
Grand Pardon de Sainte-Anne-la-Palud
"Every Friday summer evening at the open-air Ecomusée d'Alsace, the museum village comes alive with folk music, traditional dances, storytelling and participatory games recreating the warm atmosphere of a historic Alsatian village fair."
Fête au Village
"For its 15th edition, this summer series of piano recitals, chamber music and song fills a converted barn in a hamlet of the George Sand country with intimate romanticism across the whole summer season."
Festival de la Grange aux Pianos
"Every summer since 1991, over a thousand costumed volunteers transform Challans town centre into a living 1910s market day, complete with goat-cart rides, maraîchin folk dancing, traditional craft demonstrations and a volaille fair."
Foires à l'ancienne d'Autrefois Challans
"The 59th edition of this harp-centred festival brings world-class chamber music and trad bal to a Creuse-valley village classified among the Most Beautiful Villages of France, in churches with Romanesque frescos."
Festival d'été de Gargilesse
"A spectacular recreation of a traditional 19th-century Alsatian wedding, staged every 14 and 15 August since 1973 with hundreds of costumed villagers parading through the wine-route town."
Mariage de l'Ami Fritz
"A free village arts and music festival in the small Côte de Nacre commune of Langrune-sur-Mer, championing local Normandy artists across street theatre, circus and dance with an eco-conscious spirit."
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