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Ankou in the church of Ploumilliau (22). In Ploumilliau, the Ankou wears the attributes of two of it's principal functions, the scythe and the spade, he is here both deadly and gravedigger. Photo Daniel Giraudon

The Ankou justiciary

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Mell benniget, the blessed ball. Adrien Maho in the village of Saint Adrien near the Saint-Barthélemy Chapel holds in his hand an egg-shaped stone, ar mell benniget, which facilitates the passage of the spirit to the next world. Photo Daniel Giraudon

The blessed mallet, ar mell benniget

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Macabre dance from Kermaria-an-Isquit, Plouha. At the head of the long dance chain of the macabre dance, we notice an Ankou gravedigger carrying a hoe on his shoulder. Photo Daniel Giraudon

Where can we see representations of the Ankou ?

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The Ossuary in Plouidry (29). Like the one in Roche-Maurice, also displays a sort of large arrow that the Ankou, sinister and baring his teeth, prepares to strike with. Photo Daniel Giraudon

The Ankou in Lower-Brittany

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The BZH New York society's flag. Reference : Charles Kergaravat

The Bretons of New York

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The « covachas », marketplace from the XVth century situated in the Bretons street, « calle bretones » in Sanlùcar de Barrameda. This market functioned already at the end of the Middle Ages when there existed a « Breton ghetto» where many fabric merchants from the peninsula lived. These gothic decorations are not dissimilar to the edifices of this same period in Brittany. Reference : Erwan Chartier

A Breton district in Andalusia

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The Piping band in front of the Eponyme Cafe...in the Saint-François area, Le Havre may 2001. Photo : Association des Bretons du Havre

The Breton Exile

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The wash house of Rozonoual in Finistère, Lin & chanvre en Bretagne

Laundry houses, steam houses, « kanndi » ( from Kanna, to whiten, and « ti » for house)

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Retting pool, at Gwenored in Pouldouran (Côtes D’armor). Crédits: Lin & Chanvre en Bretagne.

Retting pools and retting areas.

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Whitening pools in Foeil, Côtes d’Armor.. Lin & Chanvre en Bretagne.

Whitening pools

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The flax flower. Photo credit: Lin & Chanvre en Bretagne

Flax in Brittany

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