Dominique Corolleur's blog

Emglev Bro an Oriant have called on people to support the rally for the reunification of Brittany to be held in Nantes-Naoned on Saturday 19th April 2014. The gathering assembles in Place Bretagne at 15h in Nantes-Naoned. ‘Bretagne Réunie et le collectif 44=Breizh organisent une grande manifestation en faveur de la réunification le samedi 19 avril prochain à Nantes.’ The city of Nantes and the Loire-Atlantique Department in which it is situated were formerly part of the historic nation of Brittany.

Il y a un certain nombre d’occasions d’apprendre le Breton. Le Breton est la langue Celtique originaire de Bretagne.

Aujourd’hui , deux groupes reliés aux  langues celtiques sont parlées dans le monde: 

News item from the Welsh Newspaper Daily Post as the campaign to protect and promote the Welsh language continues http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/cymdeithas-yr-iaith-gym....  Protesters demand that the Welsh Government needs to take drastic and determined action to halt any decline in the number of Welsh language speakers. They promise that their campaign will continue and call for measures to ensure that the language will thrive in the years to come.

On Saturday 15th February an estimated 10,000 people marched in Dublin to protect the rights of the Irish speaking community. Attracting people from all over Ireland Lá Mór na Gaeilge was seen as both a celebration of the Irish language and a protest over the failure by Government to implement legislation protecting the rights of Irish speakers.

Severe storms combined with high tides have caused major problems around the coasts of Brittany, Wales, Cornwall, Ireland, Scotland and Isle of Man. In Brittany over 25,000 homes are without power today after a winter that has seen the country repeatedly hit by storms. In Ireland all parts of the country are affected as reported in today’s Irish Times www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/further-flooding-in-cork-city-as-riv...  .

The Annual General Meeting of BZH New York will be held on January 25 2014 at OCabanon (245 W 29th Street)  New York , USA  next Saturday at 3pm. Building on a successful year in 2013 the Association of Bretons in New York look forward to welcoming old and new members. ‘Get involved in this vibrant organisation‘ say BZH New York.:

Whether you are Breton, or a friend of Brittany please join our growing member base and get involved in everything BZH New York has to offer.
Agenda

- Review of BZH New York 2013 events 

Recent Blog items on the Transceltic website have pointed to the perils faced by those earning a living off our Celtic coastlines. It is always with great sadness that we learn of lost vessels and are reminded of the close bond that exists between our fishing communities.

An Fhéile Phan Cheilteach (the Pan Celtic Festival) will be hosted in the City of Derry (Doire) in 2014. The festival, which brings visitors from all over Ireland as well as the other Celtic nations will be visiting Derry, in the north of Ireland for the first time.

The Endangered Language Alliance and BZH NY present the third installment of Unheard Of! featuring the Celtic languages of Brittany and Ireland on December 15th at The Bowery Poetry Club (308 Bowery between Bleecker and Houston) from 6 - 7:30pm, $10 cover.

Unheard Of! presents live readings of poetry and oral literature, both traditional and modern, by native speakers with simultaneous projections of texts and translations. The presentations employ theatre, music and dance by way of introduction to these rarely performed pieces.

Quimper, capital of Finistère in Brittany witnessed a sea of Breton flags on Saturday 2nd November 2013 as an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 protestors took to the streets. What started as a movement against the French government‘s ’eco-tax’, which would have put an unfair burden on Breton producers and traders, has become a campaign for the protection of jobs, economy and the Breton way of life. As the campaign gained ground a fearful French government announced a suspension of the ‘eco-tax’.