What does fest noz mean in french?
night festival
A Fest Noz (Breton for night festival) is a Breton traditional festival, with dancing in groups and live musicians playing acoustic instruments.
Where is fest noz located?
International fame and recognition Every November, a big fest-noz is organised in Rennes, the Breton capital. The event is a great success and welcomes, each year, between 5 and 10,000 participants from different social and geographical backgrounds.
What kind of festival is fest noz in Breton?
A Fest Noz ( Breton for night festival) is a Breton traditional festival, with dancing in groups and live musicians playing acoustic instruments. Although it is all too easy to write off the fest nozou and fêtes folkloriques as modern inventions, most of the traditional dances of the Fest Noz are ancient,…
Where did the tradition of the fest noz come from?
Although it is all too easy to write off the fest nozou and fêtes folkloriques as modern inventions, most of the traditional dances of the Fest Noz are ancient, some dating back to the Middle Ages, providing a way for the community to grasp hold of its past and relish a deep sense of being with ancestors and with place.
What kind of instruments are used in fest noz?
String instruments (the violin, the double-bass, the acoustic guitar, the electric guitar, the bass guitar) and North-African percussion instruments have long since been adopted. To varying degrees, some Fest-Noz groups also use electronic keyboards and synthesisers (Strobinell, Sonerien Du, Les Baragouineurs, Plantec…).
Which is the correct plural of fest noz?
The plural in Breton is festoù-noz, but the Goadec Sisters (a family of traditional singers) used to say festnozoù, and the French may also say in French des fest-noz . On 5 December 2012 the fest-noz was added by UNESCO to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.