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In my series about the strawberry festival in Plougastel ( at the beginning of my gallery and now ), so far, I have only shown the costume of Plougastel. However, they also invite people from other places in Brittany. This bright colourful costume is from " BRO POURLET", a region west of Pontivy, right in the centre of Brittany.
The "BRAGOU BRAZ" (Big Trousers) worn by the man is a remnant of the first trousers, invented by the Gauls ( Celtic people, like the Bretons ) and were worn in Brittany up to the 19th century.
Looking at the wooden clogs, these represented rural people of course. I was busy selling strawberries later on at the fete, so I didn't get the opportunity to see him dancing in his clogs.Perhaps, he put on some shoes for the dancing though.
In WS, I have added another costume from Spézet, Finistère.

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