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Eisteddfod needs to look at Lorient

Rhodri Morgan, the Welsh Assembly’s First Minister, told journalists at the Welsh National Eisteddfod today (Monday) that the Eisteddfod needs to learn some lessons from the Lorient Interceltic Festival.

Par Gwyn Griffiths pour Gwyn Griffiths le 4/08/08 14:40

On his first visit to the National Eisteddfod field at Cardiff today (Monday) Rhodri Morgan, the Welsh Assembly's First Minister said that the Eisteddfod had a lot to learn from the Lorient Festival.

The Lorient Festival attracts 650,000 people, he said, compared to the 150,000 people who attend the Eisteddfod.

He said that it was easier for the Lorient Celtic Festival with its emphasis on music and the fact that it is held in the same place every year – the Eisteddfod goes to a different place every year, alternating between North and South Wales.

“It is easier if your festival is mainly musical and Breton music has become an international phenomenon,” he said.

“We can learn from Lorient – and no doubt Lorient can learn from us, particularly in matters outside the world of music, perhaps the literary side, which can portray Brittany as a modern country within France.”

He urged the Eisteddfod to keep changing and not to remain frozen in time.

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Gwyn Griffiths is an ABP correspondant in Wales. A Welsh delegate of the International Committee for the Defense of the Breton Language (ICDBL) and former journalist with BBC Cymru, he is a contributor to several Welsh newspapers and magazines – one of them is Cambria. He is the author of numerous books and articles in Welsh and English – many of them about Brittany. He is co-editor, with Jacqueline Gibson, of \"The Turn of the Ermine. An Anthology of Breton Literature\". (London, Francis Boutle Publishers, 506 p., 2006). He is a great connoisseur and friend of Brittany which he has visited on over 50 occasions.

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Jean Landais Le Lundi 15 août 2011 14:44

well....this year at the Interceltic Festival of Lorient , there has been sold around 95 000 tickets..... it's far less than at the eisteddfod. And the Lorient Festival has a lot to learn from the eisteddfod in the ways of using the breton language....

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