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Breton's seaweed festival - in pictures

Monday 25 July 2011 17:15 BST
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Breton's seaweed festival - in pictures

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Over the weekend locals took part in the annual seaweed festival or Fete du Goemon in western Brittany, France.

The festival re-enacts traditional means of gathering seaweed from the coast and burning it in open kilns to make fertilizer.

Click here to see pictures of the event

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