Celtic cultures are unique.
On one side their roots are firmly in the soil of European history, reaching well back into this continent's Celtic past. On the other, the western peninsulas which had retained their identity spread their traditions far and wide when emigration from Europe became necessary. From Canada to Australia, thousands of musicians are a daily living testimony to this and for those us who stayed, The Knights of the Round Table, Tristan and Isolde and the Legend of Ys are ever present. Each year in August 4,500 of them converge to the Breton port of Lorient. They come from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the Isle of Man, Cornwall, Asturias, Galicia and Brittany, as well as from other parts of the world.