Fest noz
fest noz sometimes hyphenated festnoz night festival breton breton traditional festival dancing group live musician playing acoustic instrument although easy write fest nozou fêtes folkloriques modern invention traditional dance fest noz ancient dating back middle age providing way community grasp hold past relish deep sense ancestor place plural breton festoù noz goadec sister family traditional singer used say festnozoù french may also say french de festnoz december fest noz added unesco representative list intangible cultural heritage humanity fest noz pl festoù noz traditional dance festival brittany breton dance social dance group currently many festoù noz also held outside brittany within diaspora bringing breton culture life outside breton territory term known since end th century given name since past dance sometimes used trample ground make firm earth floor house solid surface farm work aire neuve dance people neighbourhood invited explains presence stamping movement dance long time church banned kofhakof stomachtostomach dance meaning dancing pair festival chance young people meet size social level clothes see quickly got tired since dance sometimes continued long time involved complex swift step required effort skill day festoù noz still popular mixing different generation village fest noz least year organised sport club school etc way express culture identity share common value friend night many group folk dance one talk sometimes reaching trance state repetitive music physical exertion summer tourist season many way taking part fest noz many people like alternative way going night club hundred traditional dance wellknown gavotte dro hanter dro plinn scottish fest noz dance practised chain circle everyone hold hand also dance pair choreographed dance meaning dance enriched precise artistic element sequence figure etc major study breton dancing la tradition populaire de danse en bassebretagne book written thesis dissertation jeanmichel guilcher new edition coopbreizh chassemaréearmen principally two type music festival music sung cappella kan ha diskan accompanied music purely instrumental invention microphone amplified instrument instrument often used talabard sort oboe shawm breton bagpipe binioù kozh due high volume also popular diatonic accordion clarinet occasionally violin hurdygurdy second world war scottish bagpipe binioù bra also became common brittany thanks bagadoù pipe band thus often replaced binioùkozh basic clarinet treujenngaol cabbage core breton disappeared regained popularity past year traditional instrument nowadays group many different style music ranging rock jazz punk also mix style country string instrument violin doublebass acoustic guitar electric guitar bass guitar north african percussion instrument long since adopted varying degree fest noz group also use electronic keyboard synthesiser strobinell sonerien du le baragouineurs plantec etc brass instrument becoming increasingly commonplace often bringing sound approaching oriental music revival standard alternate couple singer cappella kan diskan couple musician biniou talabard generally common see holding free stage currently couple singer kanerien couple musician sonerien play alternately band band play instrumental music often practice dance different two way conduct dancer every suite three dance short break dancer socialise chatting dancer visiting traditional buffet local dish like crêpes galettessaucisses far breton kouignamann local cider beer chouchenn meadlike drink made fermented honey balfolk céilí dance music brittany no lowen noson llawen troyl faroese chain dance official unesco video presentation fest noz spezet festnoz included unesco intangible heritage list official website france english