IN PICTURES. With “Three Elephants Pass”, Bagad Plougastell celebrates a grandiose anniversary
More than a hundred musicians, three elephants, sheep, birds, percussion… For its 50th anniversary, the Plougastel bagad pulled out all the stops, with the Oposito Company, Saturday October 5, 2024. A look back at a rainy but happy evening!
Dozens of actors and musicians paraded from the industrial zone of Plougastel to the city center, playing music, and animating sheep, birds and mechanical elephants, lit between the raindrops by numerous torches and smoke bombs. | GUILLAUME SALIGOT / WEST-FRANCE
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Dozens of actors and musicians paraded from the industrial zone of Plougastel to the city center, playing music, and animating sheep, birds and mechanical elephants, lit between the raindrops by numerous torches and smoke bombs. | GUILLAUME SALIGOT / WEST-FRANCE
Saturday October 5 in the evening, the weather no longer has anything to do with the almost summer weather of the previous days. Shortly before the start of the show, heavy rain fell on the Brest region. And Plougastel, the setting that evening for a monumental parade in the streets of the town, is no exception.
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But this was not enough to dampen the enthusiasm of the artists and the public. For more than an hour, a transhumance made up of metallic animals and humans disguised as elephants, birds and sheep, traveled from the Biocoop to the town center, with a grandiose finale at Place du Calvaire. Back in pictures from this evening.
The show mixed professional and amateur actors. | GUILLAUME SALIGOT / WEST-FRANCEView full screen
The show mixed professional and amateur actors. | GUILLAUME SALIGOT / WEST-FRANCE
Bagad Plougastell performed this show all over the world with Cie Oposito, but in Plougastel, it was a first! | GUILLAUME SALIGOT / WEST-FRANCEView full screen
Bagad Plougastell performed this show all over the world with Cie Oposito, but in Plougastel, it was a first! | GUILLAUME SALIGOT / WEST-FRANCE
The deluge was not enough to dampen the conductor’s enthusiasm. | GUILLAUME SALIGOT / WEST-FRANCEView full screen
The deluge was not enough to dampen the conductor’s enthusiasm. | GUILLAUME SALIGOT / WEST-FRANCE
The big parade lasted about an hour, before the finale on Place du Calvaire. | GUILLAUME SALIGOT / WEST-FRANCEView full screen
The big parade lasted about an hour, before the finale on Place du Calvaire. | GUILLAUME SALIGOT / WEST-FRANCE
Beneath these sheep, relatives of the bagad integrated into the adventure. | GUILLAUME SALIGOT / WEST-FRANCEView full screen
Beneath these sheep, relatives of the bagad integrated into the adventure. | GUILLAUME SALIGOT / WEST-FRANCE
Returning to the bagadou elite since the summer of 2024, Plougastel’s musical training was, here, accompanied by musicians from the Brest conservatory and harmony. | GUILLAUME SALIGOT / WEST-FRANCEView full screen
Returning to the bagadou elite since the summer of 2024, Plougastel’s musical training was, here, accompanied by musicians from the Brest conservatory and harmony. | GUILLAUME SALIGOT / WEST-FRANCE
Stars of the show, the three monumental elephants were ridden by amateur mahouts. | GUILLAUME SALIGOT / WEST-FRANCEView full screen
Stars of the show, the three monumental elephants were ridden by amateur mahouts. | GUILLAUME SALIGOT / WEST-FRANCE
The rain fell continuously this Saturday evening in Plougastel. | GUILLAUME SALIGOT / WEST-FRANCEView full screen
The rain fell continuously this Saturday evening in Plougastel. | GUILLAUME SALIGOT / WEST-FRANCE
In January 2024, Chile hosted the “Three Elephants Pass” show. | GUILLAUME SALIGOT / WEST-FRANCEView full screen
In January 2024, Chile hosted the “Three Elephants Pass” show. | GUILLAUME SALIGOT / WEST-FRANCE
In addition to these steel elephants, the transhumance also included sheep and birds. | GUILLAUME SALIGOT / WEST-FRANCEView full screen
In addition to these steel elephants, the transhumance also included sheep and birds. | GUILLAUME SALIGOT / WEST-FRANCE