interesting Breton kilts & accessories

[OC Richard]

I found this site very interesting.

http://www.tartanbreton.com/

The cool map of Brittany showing various tartans. The various Breton tartans themselves, some of them quite lovely.

I very much like the dedicated Breton accessories such as the boucle de ceinture de kilt Hermine Bretonne en etain.

That ermine motif shows up on several things as you can see.

[KenB]

The tartans are very attractive.

[Domehead]

OC Richard,
Would mind explaining a bit of this. I'm not familiar at all. I don't mind doing a bit of research, but I'd like a bit of context so as to vet what I'm reading.
As well, I don't speak French at all. So, I'm at the mercy of the translator.

Thanks for any information,
Domehead

[BCAC]

OC Richard,
Would mind explaining a bit of this. I'm not familiar at all. I don't mind doing a bit of research, but I'd like a bit of context so as to vet what I'm reading.
As well, I don't speak French at all. So, I'm at the mercy of the translator.

Thanks for any information,
Domehead

Hmmm...... I would have thought that it was quite self explanatory despite not speaking the language. OC Richard linked the tartanbreton site, which is a site which is dedicated to Brittany and her tartans and accessories. It shows their tartans and accessories and you can even buy from them. As their tartans are mainly district tartans, it also shows which region each tartan represents. If you have any questions, post them up. As usual on XMarks, there will always be someone able to reply.

[Domehead]

Let's see. I'm not familiar with Brittany. I'm not familiar with its districts. I'm not familar with how those districts may interact historically with something so associated with gaelic culture as tartan / kilts. I'm familiar with the Auld Alliance and its effects on surname etymology, but not so much that I could reasonably extract what I should from my own reading without context. I'm familiar with "wont & use" re: Scottish district tartans but not Brittany ones...should I go on? I fail to see how my original request necessitated such snarkyness. In fact, re: posting some questions and the XMarks will reply...I did.

[David Thorpe]

Google and Bing are your friends. An excellent opportunity to polish research skills.

[sailortats]

Richard, I agree that is a very interesting site. I really like their "walking" kilt. I noticed in the photo album that they certainly like to wear ghillie brogues and the brown ones look quite nice.
Are the pipes I see in the pics the same as the Great Highland pipes?

[Domehead]

Thanks for no help. Bowing out of thread.

[KenB]

Sorry to see you dropping out of thread you began.

Maybe this will help a bit: the Bretons are very close to the Welsh in their Gaelic/Celtic roots. Or that is what my Welsh friends have told me. With Welsh as first language, my friends are able to communicate with the Bretons that speak a Breton Gaelic . Also, the Welsh wear the Cilt as the Irish, Scots wear their kilt.

As to not understanding French. No problem.....check out babblefish. This is a translation program that can help facilitate the translation of the words.

As David Thorpe suggests, check out Google and Bing

But, if you are unclear, just keep asking questions.

Hope to see you back.

[BCAC]

Thanks for no help. Bowing out of thread.

Don't drop out. I'll try to explain a little.

Without googling (I'm not really so google savvy) I'll let you know what I think. Brittany certainly have their celtic traditions but, in my opinion, tartan and kilts are not one of them. They have their own musical traditions (which are very similar to Scottish ones) and their language is breton gaelic, but they have their own clothing traditions (which do not include tartans and no kilts). I think that these Brittany tartans, as nice as some of them are, are newly designed tartans and do not really have their roots in tradition at all. They are jumping on the "kilt as a pan celtic garment" bandwagon.