Article by:
Caroline Williams
But the country has fought to retain its strong and proud national culture. I say fought because England did its best to wipe out the language. Children were whipped at school for speaking Welsh, my father one of them. But today, Eisteddfods, festivals celebrating Welsh poetry, literature, language, and music – Wales is known as the “Land of Song”, are held throughout the country every year.
Much of this is due to the combination of the limited food stuffs that grew there, the country’s geographic isolation, and poverty. Read the full article here.
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