Breton in demand for weddings, baptisms

More weddings, baptisms and funerals are being requested in the Breton language.

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Published Wednesday 27 September 2017 - 15:00 Modified Wednesday 27 September 2017 - 15:00

Morbihan priest Ivan Brient has had three Breton weddings and two baptisms in 2017, and none before. The demand is led by the young, he said. “It’s not a political, independentist statement, but an attachment of the heart to people’s family roots.”

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