pardon (Breton religious festival)
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A pardon is a traditional Breton Catholic religious festival marked by processions, pilgrimages, and communal celebrations honoring a local saint or sacred site.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| pardon (Breton religious festival) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3515377 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: pardon (Breton religious festival) Context triple: [Le Pardon de Pont-Aven, depictsEventType, pardon (Breton religious festival)]
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A.
Fasnacht
Fasnacht is a traditional Swiss carnival festival marked by elaborate costumes, parades, masks, and music, especially celebrated in Swiss German regions.
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B.
Breton March
The Breton March was a medieval frontier territory of the Frankish realm established to defend against and control the neighboring region of Brittany.
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C.
Rogation Days
Rogation Days are traditional Christian days of prayer and fasting, especially for blessings on crops and protection from calamities, observed on specific weekdays in the Easter season.
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D.
Hosay
Hosay is a vibrant Indo-Caribbean observance of the Shi'a Muslim Muharram commemoration, featuring elaborate processions, drumming, and artistic displays of decorated tadjahs (replicas of mausoleums).
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E.
Fête des Vignerons
Fête des Vignerons is a centuries-old, UNESCO-recognized winegrowers’ festival in Switzerland celebrated only a few times per century with grand open-air performances honoring viticulture and local traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: pardon (Breton religious festival) Target entity description: A pardon is a traditional Breton Catholic religious festival marked by processions, pilgrimages, and communal celebrations honoring a local saint or sacred site.
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A.
Fasnacht
Fasnacht is a traditional Swiss carnival festival marked by elaborate costumes, parades, masks, and music, especially celebrated in Swiss German regions.
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B.
Breton March
The Breton March was a medieval frontier territory of the Frankish realm established to defend against and control the neighboring region of Brittany.
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C.
Rogation Days
Rogation Days are traditional Christian days of prayer and fasting, especially for blessings on crops and protection from calamities, observed on specific weekdays in the Easter season.
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D.
Hosay
Hosay is a vibrant Indo-Caribbean observance of the Shi'a Muslim Muharram commemoration, featuring elaborate processions, drumming, and artistic displays of decorated tadjahs (replicas of mausoleums).
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E.
Fête des Vignerons
Fête des Vignerons is a centuries-old, UNESCO-recognized winegrowers’ festival in Switzerland celebrated only a few times per century with grand open-air performances honoring viticulture and local traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Breton tradition
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Catholic devotional practice ⓘ religious festival ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Breton Catholicism
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Breton identity ⓘ rural communities ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| culture | Breton culture ⓘ |
| dressCode | traditional Breton costume ⓘ |
| follows | liturgical calendar ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Holy Eucharist
ⓘ
surface form:
Eucharist
Mass ⓘ blessing of pilgrims ⓘ communal meal ⓘ confession ⓘ folk music ⓘ local fair ⓘ pilgrimage ⓘ religious procession ⓘ traditional Breton dance ⓘ veneration of relics ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| honors |
local saint
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sacred site ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Breton
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| musicGenre |
Breton folk music
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Breton sacred song ⓘ |
| notableExample |
Grand Pardon de Sainte-Anne-d’Auray
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Pardon de Rumengol ⓘ Pardon de Saint-Yves ⓘ Pardon du Folgoët ⓘ |
| purpose |
honoring patron saints
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seeking indulgences ⓘ strengthening local religious identity ⓘ |
| region | Brittany ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Marian devotions
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pilgrimage in Christianity ⓘ saints' feast days ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| theme |
community solidarity
ⓘ
forgiveness of sins ⓘ intercession of saints ⓘ penitence ⓘ |
| timePeriod | annual ⓘ |
| typicalLocation |
chapel
ⓘ
parish church ⓘ wayside calvary ⓘ |
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Subject: pardon (Breton religious festival) Description of subject: A pardon is a traditional Breton Catholic religious festival marked by processions, pilgrimages, and communal celebrations honoring a local saint or sacred site.
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