In Brittany, Candlemas is celebrated on the second day of February. Announcing the end of winter, the festival was, for centuries, closely associated with traditions related to purification, fertility, prosperity and light and is popularly known here as le jour des crêpes or Pancake Day.
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Tastes of Brittany
Some distinctive local delicacies from Brittany, France. Food that will give you a culinary taste of Brittany.
Bed and Breakfast in Brittany
Once, the main item of furniture found in the dwellings of rural Brittany was the closed bed or lit clos. The multi-function statement piece of its day.