Rushen MHK Phil Gawne performs at Interceltique Festival de Lorient
Focus on the Isle of Man continues at a cultural gathering in Brittany, France.
More than 800,000 people go to the Interceltique Festival de Lorient every year.
Rushen MHK Phil Gawne is there in a political capacity, but also as a performer.
He told Amy Griffiths how much of a difference being an honoured nation has made to the Manx experience of the festival: