"Pèlerinage celtique"

Name of traveller

Anatole Le Braz (1859-1926)

Reason for travel

• visit to the Cardiff Eisteddfod 1899 as part of the Breton delegation

Date of travel

1899

J’aspire vers l’Ouest, vers la fraîcheur galloise que je savoure, par avance, comme l’haleine d’une autre patrie. (Le Braz 321)

Content

• customs:
  • National Eisteddfod honours cultural links between Brittany and Wales
  • eisteddfod as reunification of Celtic nations
  • description of eisteddfod ceremonies and participants
  • praises Welsh hospitality
• industry: industrial landscapes of south Wales spoil similarities with Brittany
• literature:
  • references to medieval literary tradition
  • evaluation of Wales based on literary text Ossian (1760)
  • quotes Ernest Renan (1823-1892)
• people: folklorist from Brittany travelling with Alain de Botmelas (1858-1946), Jean Le Fustec (1855-1910) and Charles Le Goffic (1853-1932); further delegates in the group are Le Gonidec de Traissan, Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray (1840-1910), René Grivart, François Jaffrennou (1879-1956) and Frañsez Vallée (1860-1949)
• transport: travels by train
• compare with more candid private notes published posthumously
• click here to read the full account

Nationality of traveller

Breton, French

Language of publication

French

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

report; travelogue

Citation

Le Braz, Anatole. "Pèlerinage celtique." La terre du passé. Paris: Calmann Lévy, 1901. 315-33. Print.