Weddings in Brittany

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Just married...

Many old postcards were done to commemorate wedding ceremonies.

The marriage can be followed step by step, even in the cooking area. 

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Locquirec
toll point before entering the church

Some postcards show grouped wedding, as it was considered more convenient to marry when farm works were reduced, everybody the same day, once a year.

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grouped wedding in  Plougastel-Daoulas
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gift of traditional cakes
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nearby Vannes
the cooking area
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dessert for the 1500 guests

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seating on ladders
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dance
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