Traditional music and dance in Brittany | Sonerezh ha dañs hengounel Breizh (1928)

Traditional music and dance in Brittany (English) Sonerezh ha dañs hengounel Breizh (Breton) Musiques et danses traditionnelles en Bretagne (French) The Bretons are a Celtic ethnic group native to Brittany, France. They are descended from English Celts who emigrated from England during the Anglo Saxon settlement of Britain. Many Bretons still speak the Breton language, which is most closely related to Welsh, and many aspects of their culture differ significantly from the rest of France. Two instruments are used in this performance and appear at 1:48. The small pipe is called a bombard, or talabard in Breton; the bagpipe (playing the higher part) is a binioù kozh (“old bagpipe”). The two instruments are traditionally played together to accompany traditional Breton folk dancing. The Breton bagpipe is presumed to be related to its Irish and Scottish equivalents, although this is not confirmed. It is worth noting that bagpipes are found in many non-Celtic parts of Europe, such as Ita