Bleimor ( Breton language for ''Seawolf''), more fully ''Urz Skaouted Bleimor'', was a Breton Scouting organization, taken from the

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used by Breton

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Jean-Pierre Calloc'h, who died during

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History

Bleimor was founded in

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on 9 January 1946 by Pierre Géraud-Keraod (later founder of the '' Scouts d'Europe'') and Lizig Géraud-Kéraod, on the model of the '' Urz Goanag Breiz'' (''Order of the Breton Hope'' in the Breton language) youth movement for Celtic revival in

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, founded in 1943 by Yann-Vari Perrot and Herry Caouissin, on the model of the Welsh movement ''

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'' (''Order of the Welsh Hope'' in the

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). The statutes of the Bleimor organization were officially lodged with the

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of Paris in April 1950. The goals of the association were stated as "Practices of Scouting and the activities of cultural expression, dances, choir singing, popular music, dramatic plays", without reference to Scouts de France, nor to the Breton language. The first bulletin, published in 1947, specified the objectives of the association as " Christian action, Celtic expression,

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, spiritual, cultural and folk formation of the Rovers, Scouts, leaders and Guides of France of Breton origin". Bleimor merged into the Federation of European Scouts in 1962. Joseph Chardronnet was chaplain of the organization from 1948 to 1965. Bleimor's flag was a green field charged with a yellow circle and a

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fimbriated with white, the whole representing a Celtic cross. Rectangular as well as triangular flags were used. The Scout movement also used a white flag with a black cross voided through and seven black ermine spots in the canton. The ermine spots had an unusual

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pattern (a triangle, one vertical and two horizontal dashes). File:Bleimor Scouting flag.svg File:Bleimor Scouting flag ermine.svg

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*https://web.archive.org/web/20001209134200/http://crwflags.com/fotw/flags/fr%7Dbz-a.html *http://1eremarinelanderneau.free.fr/1ereMarineLanderneau/Bleimor.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Bleimor (Breton Scouting Organization) Non-aligned Scouting organizations Scouting and Guiding in France Youth organizations established in 1946 Organizations disestablished in 1962 Disbanded Scouting organizations

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