Ar Baz Valan
A go-between in Brittany
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2 min readJul 24, 2020
Alan had his festive black velvet outfit
Embroidered with gold thread patterns.
According to the Breton custom,
He had to do the baz valan,
The man who visited the belle’s family
With a broom stick and socks of different colors.
Youenn ar Drouz had asked him to do it.
The parents at the sight of him knew
What he was coming for and for whom.
They knew him, he was the tailor of the village.
That was the custom.
The choice had already been made
Between the young persons.
Mona was beautiful,
And she had refused him
As her fiancé,
Preferring Youenn.
