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Breton costume is the style of clothing worn by the Bretons (people in Brittany, the Celtic region of France) as formal wear or festive clothing. [1] Style.
In Breton tradition, a coiffe bigoudène is a women's coif worn with traditional Breton costumes. By extension, the women wearing the coif and the costume associated with it are also called bigoudènes. The coif is about 30 cm high, and up to 40 cm in Penmarc'h.
The culture of Brittany is the patterns of human activity and symbolism associated with the historical region of Brittany in northwestern France and the Breton people. Breton culture has been influenced by various local and nearby traditions over the centuries, including the Celtic culture of the Britons and Gauls and French culture to a lesser ...
A group of bigoudènes wearing the distinctive Bigouden headdress.. The distinctive customs and costumes of the area have attracted artists and ethnologists since the late eighteenth century, leading to some idiosyncratic theories such as the claim that the locals descended from pre-Celtic aboriginal inhabitants of Brittany or that "physiognomic similarities" to Mongolians indicate descent ...
Breton is spoken by around 206,000 people as of 2013. [10] ... with a troménie (a procession, 12 km long) and numerous people in traditional costumes; Tro Breizh
The pottery's design reflects a traditional Breton influence. One design, which became typical for Quimper faience, is the "petit breton", a naive representation of Breton man and/or woman in traditional Breton costume. The "petit breton" became popular around 1870 and is still today the main design bought by tourists. [2]
In 1929 Creston became interested in ethnological research, which he pursued while maintaining his activities as an artist. He contributed as an ethnologist to the preservation of Breton heritage, most notably by his systematic cataloguing of Breton regional costumes, which was published posthumously in 1978 as Le Costume Breton. In 1931, he ...
It is also known as a Breton shirt, as many sailors in the French Navy were from Brittany. History. French sailor in uniform, early 20th century.