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Welsh Christmas Traditions. When Welsh people wish you ' Nadolig Llawen', they’re not just thinking about ordinary festivities. They're thinking about horses’ skulls, 3am hymn-singing, odd apples, mountain races and seaside swims too. Jude Rogers dips into the deep Welsh midwinter traditions.
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14 cze 2014 · One of the most well-known Welsh customs is the Mari Lwyd, meaning 'Grey Mare', a horse-figure carried from door to door by wassail-singing groups during the Christmas season. Popular in South Wales during the 19th century, the tradition features a real horse's skull, usually decorated with coloured ribbons and rosettes and with glass bottle eyes.
The historical roots of Christmas in Wales are deep and culturally rich, intertwining pagan traditions and Christian beliefs. The ancient midwinter festival of Yule laid the groundwork with its celebration of the winter solstice, which later merged with the Christian celebration of Jesus’s birth.
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Traditions and childhood memories might involve carols in the local parish church, the smell of woodsmoke from an open fire, rooks chattering from bare winter branches, cold windy beach walks, coming home in the twilight with damp socks, and Welsh cakes accompanied with mulled wine.
28 lis 2019 · Mari Lwyd (or Y Fari Lwyd) is a uniquely Welsh pagan tradition that predates Christianity. Although typically associated with South Wales, it is celebrated annually on or close to January 13th in the small town of Dinas Mawddwy, located in the heart of Gwynedd in the north.
2 gru 2022 · Though Christmas had previously been overshadowed in Wales by more significant new year’s celebrations of Nos Galan, in the mid-18th century, many farm workers began to observe a three-week holiday. Christmas Day marked the beginning of this period – Y Gwyliau – during which farm work was suspended.
