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Fisherman’s festival, presentation of traditional fishing equipment and announcing the best salted pilchard of the School of salting pilchard.
Fisherman’s festival, presentation of traditional fishing equipment and announcing the best salted pilchard of the School of salting pilchard.
The sea is the school of life. Storms and tempests, open seas and sheltered coves… are all reflected in the faces of fishermen, while their hands weave nets out of old and new knowledge. At this fisherman’s festival these men of the sea present their traditional skills in various ways.
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