Kendalc'h (in Breton, literally "preservation" or continuity), is a confederacy of

Celtic circle A Celtic circle ( br, kelc'h keltiek, french: cercle ) is an association which emphasizes the Breton culture, by using possibly the Breton language. The Celtic circles created before the Second World War had very wide cultural objectives, incl ...

s formed late

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...

Quimper Quimper (, ; br, Kemper ; la, Civitas Aquilonia or ) is a commune and prefecture of the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Administration Quimper is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistère department. Geography Th ...

(

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 ...

). Kendalc'h promotes the

Breton culture The culture of Brittany is made up of Breton culture, and Celtic culture. Brittany's strongest international connections tend to be in the United Kingdom, particularly in the Celtic groups of Cornwall and Wales, and in Canada. Brittany is the Eng ...

by means of the popular arts, based on eight radiuses of action: dance,

costume Costume is the distinctive style of dress or cosmetic of an individual or group that reflects class, gender, profession, ethnicity, nationality, activity or epoch. In short costume is a cultural visual of the people. The term also was tradition ...

, stage, street, youth, formation,

music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspe ...

and publishing. It counts 180 Breton associations today (among which 30 outside Brittany), approximately 13,000 members, working in the domains of the

Breton dance Breton dance is a group of traditional dance forms originating in Brittany, the Celtic region of France. The dance has experienced a reappropriation in the late 1950s, with the development of the Celtic Circles (cultural groups) and Fest Noz (nigh ...

and the choral singing in Breton language.Christos Clairis, ''Langues et cultures régionales de France: dix ans après : cadre légal, politiques, médias'', Actes du colloque 3 et 4 décembre 2009, Sorbonne-Université Paris Descartes, L'Harmattan, 2011, p. 235 The other confederacy of Circles in Brittany is War'l Leur.

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* {{Authority control Breton organizations Breton language Celtic circles