The squaring of timber conducted outdoors offers a unique opportunity to travel back in time and experience an essential part of farming life in Brittany. The cutting technique - both strong and graceful - offers an equally faithful view into the harsh, tiring and often unforgiving labor all households had to undertake in rural areas, generally doing so at the same time and helping neighbors out when doing so was needed. More than anything, this activity showcases how important solidarity between farmers and communal help was for the success of every inhabitant of the village
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