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Brittany Sea Shanty Festival – French Story & Translation

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August 10, 2025
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Jeudi 13 août 2015 – Aujourd’hui, c’est la veille du début du “Festival du Chant de Marin” à Paimpol – c’est un festival qui a lieu tous les deux ans, qui dure trois jours (vendredi, samedi et dimanche) et qui accueille environ cent soixante-cinq mille personnes. Le port de Paimpol est plein de beaux bateaux – ils sont arrivés cet après-midi.

Thursday, August 13th 2015 – Today is the day before the beginning of the sailor’ song festival in Paimpol – it’s a festival which takes place every two years, lasts three days (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) and welcomes about 165,000 visitors. Paimpol’s harbour is full of pretty boats – they arrived this afternoon.

Le port est fermé aux voitures, il devient piéton pour ces trois jours, et il y a beaucoup de stands d’artisans et de vendeurs de toutes sortes autour du port – il y a des animations pour les enfants, des jeux pour tous, toutes sortes d’attractions.

The harbor is closed for traffic, and becomes pedestrian-only for these three days, and there are many arts-and-crafts and all sorts of stands around the harbour – there are animations for kids, games for all and all sorts of activities.

Enfin, le festival du chant de marin c’est surtout ça : des chants de marins !! Et des invités internationaux, plus ou moins célèbres qui font des concerts (certains sur le port dans la rue, à côté de leur bateau, d’autres sur des scènes de concerts installées pour l’occasion). Cette année, il y a – entre autres – Youssou N’Dour et Souad Massi que j’aime beaucoup.

Finally, the sailors’ songs festival is mostly that: sailors’ songs! And international guests, more or less famous who sing in concerts (some on the harbour in the street, by their boat, others on concert stages that have been set up for the occasion). This year features  – among others – Youssou N’Dour and Souad Massi who I like very much.

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Jeudi 13 Août- les bateaux sont arrivés dans le port

C’est mon beau-père, Didier, qui s’occupe de faire la nourriture pour les équipages des bateaux / musiciens etc… Cela représente environ 5600 repas en trois jours, et c’est beaucoup de travail. Olivier et moi sommes bénévoles, et nous l’aidons à servir les repas. Souvent, les musiciens jouent ou chantent pendant les repas – c’est super sympa.

It’s my father-in-law, Didier, who takes care of the food for all the volunteers and the boat crews / musicians etc… This represents more or less 5000 meals in three days, and its a lot of work. Olivier and I volunteer, and we help him to serve the meals. Often, the musicians play music or sing during the meals – it’s really cool.

Ce soir, il y avait déjà une ambiance folle – tout le monde chantait, à la fin, les gens sont montés sur les tables, certains dansaient – c’était une véritable fête. Nous avons commencé le service à 18h30, et fini à 23h30. C’est véritablement épuisant.

Today, there was already a great ambiance – everybody was singing, at the end, people climbed on the tables, some were dancing – it was a real party. We started our shift serving at 6:30PM, and finished at 11:30 PM. It’s really exhausting.

Vendredi 14 Août – Début officiel du festival

Malheureusement, ce matin il pleuvait des cordes… Ce n’est pas bon pour le festival car beaucoup de gens ne vont pas venir à cause du temps. Enfin, il y a toujours autant de musiciens, donc pour nous en cuisine, autant de travail !

Unfortunately, this morning it was raining cats and dogs… It’s not good for the festival because a lot of people are not going to come because of the weather. Well, there is still as many musicians, so for us in the kitchen, as much work! 

Festival du chant de marin 2015 - Paimpol

Didier (mon beau-père = father in law) est un chef cuisinier, et il s’occupe donc préparer à manger pour tous les musiciens du festival. Cela représente environ 5600 repas à servir, en sept services au total.

Didier is a chef, and he takes care of preparing the food for all the musicians of the festival. This represents about 5.600 meals to serve, in seven sittings in total.

Les gens arrivent, ils voient le menu, par exemple :

People arrive, they see the menu, for example:

  • Buffet de Crudités & Charcuteries
    Assortment of raw vegetables, salads & cold cuts
  • Rôti de boeuf sauce Béarnaise, poêlée de légumes, gratin de choux fleur
    Beef roast Béarnaise Sauce, vegetable stir- fry, cauliflower gratin
    – ou Filet de Sabre Sauce Diéppoise, pommes vapeur
    or Scabbard fish filet in seafood cream sauce, steamed potatoes
    – ou Raie au Câpres, julienne de légumes
    or Skate in capers sauce, vegetable medley
  • Salade & Fromage Dessert au choix: • Fruit • Patisserie • Riz au Lait
    Salad & Cheese Choice of desert: • Fruit • Pastry • Rice Pudding

Puis ils prennent un plateau, se servent de pain, de beurre, d’une assiette fromage + dessert, puis d’un plat principal (les cuisiniers préparent les assiettes à la demande), puis vont au buffet des crudités. Comme vous le remarquerez, cet ordre ne suit pas l’ordre logique du repas français, mais c’est étudié pour éviter le gâchis (to avoid waste).

Then they take a tray, help themselves of bread, butter, a plate of cheese + desert, then a main course (the cooks prepare the plates as they are being asked), then go to the self for raw vegetables and salads. As you can notice, this order does not follow the logical order of a French meal, but it’s been studied to avoid waste.

Cristine (ma belle-mère = mother in law), Olivier et moi nous occupions de préparer les assiettes fromage / dessert. Ce n’est pas très compliqué, mais il faut aller vite et être bien organisé. Et c’est long et fatigant. Mais aussi très sympa car il y a une bonne ambiance dans la salle ; souvent, les musiciens chantent pour nous.

Cristine, Olivier and myself took care of preparing the cheese / desert plates. It’s not very complicated, but you need to be well-organised. And it’s long lasting and tiring. But it’s also quite cool because there is a good ambiance in the hall: often, musicians sing for us.

Olivier coupe du far breton – cliquez pour la recette.

Olivier is cutting some “far breton” .

Beaucoup de gens me disent que je ressemble un peu à la fille de l’affiche du festival cette année ! Les cheveux sans doute…

Many people tell me I look a bit like the girl on the festival’s poster this year! Probably the hair…

Samedi 15 Août – youpi, il fait beau !

Aujourd’hui, il a fait beau – et le public était au rendez-vous ! Il y a plein de gens sur le port pour le festival du chant de marin – les orchestres et les groupes défilent (parade) et chantent sur le port, les touristes visitent les grands bateaux, vont écouter les concerts, on prend tous des photos et tout le monde est content !

Today, the weather was nice – and the public was there! There are many people of the harbour for the festival – orchestras and bands parade and sing on the harbour, tourists visit the large boats, go to listen to concerts, we all take pictures and everybody is happy!

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Bien sûr, moi j’en profite pour faire des photos amusantes – je ne manque jamais une occasion de rigoler!

Of course, I take advantage of the situation to take funny pictures – I never miss an opportunity to laugh!

Festival du chant de marin 2015 - Paimpol

Une bête étrange traîne dans les rues de Paimpol pendant le festival… C’est un dromadaire? Non, il a deux bosses (2 humps) donc, c’est un chameau ! Il est charmant, et a un super sens du rythme (pronounced reetm). Je l’adore, j’aimerais l’adopter, mais je crains de ne pas avoir la place chez moi…

A strange animal  roams the streets of Paimpol during the festival… Is it a one hump camel? No, it has 2 humps, so, it’s a 2 hump camel !! He/she is charming, and has a great sense of rhythm. I love it, I would like to adopt it, but I’m afraid I won’t have the room in my home…

Dimanche 16 aôut – fin du festival

Nous sommes dimanche matin, et le ciel est gris, menaçant… J’espère qu’il ne va pas pleuvoir, ça serait dommage pour le dernier jour ! Enfin, voici une petite vidéo typique de ce que vous pourriez voir ici dans la rue si vous étiez avec moi.

It’s Sunday morning and the sky is grey, menacing… I hope it’s not going to rain, it would be too bad for the last day! Here is a typical video of what you could see in the street if you were here with me.

Enfin, le dernier soir, Didier proposait un plateau de fruits de mer.

Finally, the last evening, Didier was offering a seafood platter.

Olivier et les autres bénévoles ont ouvert six cents huitres…. berk !!

Olivier and other volunteers opened 600 oysters… yak! 

À la fin de la soirée, il ne restait plus rien du tout. Les portions étaient parfaitement calculées, aucun gâchis – bravo au chef de cuisine et à son équipe de cuisiniers professionnels !

By the end of the evening, there was absolutely nothing left. The portions had been perfectly calculated, no waste whatsoever – bravo to the chef and his team of professional cooks!

Et voila… A dans deux ans !

That’s it… See you in two years!

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