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Brittany (France): Associative movements

Bleimor (Seadog)
Breizh Positive
Homo Atao
Kanabreizh

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Brittany (Traditional province, France)

Bleimor (Seadog)

Flags of Bleimor - Images by Ivan Sache, 6 January 1999

Bleimor was a scout movement founded on 9 January 1946 by P. Géraud-Keraod on the model of Urz Goanag Breiz; it merged in 1962 with the the European Scouts.
The flag of Bleimor was green with a yellow circle and a Scandinavian black cross fimbriated with white, the whole representing a Celtic cross. Rectangular as well as triangular flags were used.
The movement also used a white flag with a black cross voided through and seven black ermine spots in canton. The ermine spots had an unusual art déco pattern (a triangle, one vertical and two horizontal dashes).

Source: P. Rault. Les drapeaux bretons de 1188 à nos jours [rau98]

Ivan Sache, 6 January 1999

Breizh Positive

Flag of Breizh Positive - Image by Ivan Sache, 6 January 1999

Breizh Positive is youth movement founded in 1996 to promote a "free, egalitarian and fraternal Brittany".
Following their motto "colouring the Gwenn-ha-Du", they use the Raga Breizh, originally designed by the students' syndicate Dazont (Future). The horizontal stripes of the flag are, from top to bottom:
- yellow to represent the richness of Breton language and culture;
- red, to represent the social combat and solidarity;
- purple, to represent equality between men and women;
- blue, to represent democracy and Europe;
- green, to represent ecology.

Source: P. Rault., op. cit.

Ivan Sache, 6 January 1999

Homo Atao

Homo Atao - Image by Ivan Sache, 6 January 1999

The Homo Atao, representing the Breton gays and lesbians, was designed in February 1997 by A. Zac, on the model of the Rainbow Flag. It has six horizontal stripes, from top to bottom, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple. A white canton is charged with the eleven ermine spots of the Gwenn-ha-Du, which are coloured according to the neighbouring stripe. The flag was seen in 1997 during the Gay Pride parade in Paris.

Source: P. Rault., op. cit.

Ivan Sache, 6 January 1999

Kanabreizh

Kanabreizh - Image by Ivan Sache , 6 January 1999

The Kanabreizh was used by Breton partisans of liberalization of cannabis use, seen during a demonstration on 1 March 1998 in Nantes. It is a Gwenn-ha-Du with the ermine spots replaced by black cannabis leaves.

Source: P. Rault., op. cit.

Ivan Sache, 6 January 1999