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In China, the bagad was a huge success despite the typhoon

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Typhoon Bebinca made landfall in Shanghai on Monday morning, September 16, 2024, with strong winds and torrential rains. 40 residents from Sonerien an Oriant and the circles perform every day in the megalopolis, from September 13 to 18. They were stuck in the hotel for a few hours, before playing at the consulate. “Everything is fine,” reassures the former president of the bagad.

The Lorient bagad during Saturday’s parade at the Shanghai International Festival. | LIONEL LE GUEN


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  • The Lorient bagad during Saturday’s parade at the Shanghai International Festival. | LIONEL LE GUEN

Chinese television CCTV evokes directly “The strongest typhoon to make landfall in Shanghai since 1949”. Bebinca arrived in the Chinese megalopolis on Monday, September 16, 2024, with winds of up to 151 km/h. The municipality advised its 25 million inhabitants not to leave their homes. Flights were canceled at the city’s two main airports. And the bagad from Lorient (Morbihan) had to stay at the hotel this Monday morning.

Around forty people from Lorient are currently in Shanghai for the International Tourism Festival. After the snowstorm in New York in 2017

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