PIPERS, BANDS AND MINSTRELS
PICTURESQUE SCENE IN BRITTANY Riec-sur-Belon, near Quimperle, in the Finistere department of Brittany, was the scene last month of a great Druidical gathering of bards, minstrels and Druids from Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Brittany. The celebrations were held on the slope of a hill crowned with five Druidical stones in the midst of a gathering of several thousands of Bretons. Representatives of the British nations were led in procession to the spot and heralded by 12 Scottish pipers. In addition, a body of Irish pipers led by the chief dignitaries—the Queen of the Golden Gorse, the Welsh Druid Cynon, the Breton Druid Taldio, and the bard bearing the Horn Ablor to the foot of the hill. There they took their seats on a great dolmen. Around them stood the Bretons in their picturesque dress of velvet:, with hats and caps adorned with silver buckles. The Druid Taldio made a speech in which he appealed for unity of artistic purpose in all the Celtic races. This was made audible to the crowd, which extended over a large area, by means of loud speakers. Later a ceremony was performed in which the mythical sword of legend (the Excalibur of King Arthur) was symbolised.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 173, 12 October 1927, Page 4
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