Dastum is a Breton cultural organization based in

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine departm ...

, the capital of the

Ille-et-Vilaine Ille-et-Vilaine (; br, Il-ha-Gwilen) is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named after the two rivers of the Ille and the Vilaine. It had a population of 1,079,498 in 2019.

department of

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, in the region of

Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period o ...

. Founded in 1972, its mission is "to collect, protect and promote the cultural heritage of

." Dastum maintains a large archive containing recordings of traditional music, folk tales, oral histories, and photographs, which are cataloged for public use.

Films

*''Of Pipers and Wrens'', produced and directed by Gei Zantzinger, in collaboration with Dastum; Lois V. Kuter, ethnomusicological consultant (Devault, Pennsylvania: Constant Spring Productions, 1997).

External links

Dastum official site
1972 establishments in France Breton organizations {{France-org-stub br:Dastum