Dastum is a Breton cultural organization based in Rennes, the capital of the

Ille-et-Vilaine Ille-et-Vilaine (; br, Il-ha-Gwilen) is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named after the two rivers of the Ille and the Vilaine. It had a population of 1,079,498 in 2019.

department of

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

, in the region of

Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ...

. Founded in 1972, its mission is "to collect, protect and promote the cultural heritage of

." Dastum maintains a large archive containing recordings of traditional music, folk tales, oral histories, and photographs, which are cataloged for public use.

Films

*''Of Pipers and Wrens'', produced and directed by Gei Zantzinger, in collaboration with Dastum; Lois V. Kuter, ethnomusicological consultant (Devault, Pennsylvania: Constant Spring Productions, 1997).

External links

Dastum official site
1972 establishments in France Breton organizations {{France-org-stub br:Dastum