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Welsh Culture and Customs

Welsh cultural customs, traditions, and etiquette vocabulary, one custom or term per card.

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32 basic cards for Culture Welsh. It opens with "Eisteddfod" and "Cymanfa Ganu". More Welsh at other levels is listed below.

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Eisteddfod
Show answerA festival of Welsh literature, music, and performance, competed in and held nationally each summer
Cymanfa Ganu
Show answerA traditional Welsh hymn-singing festival
Gŵyl Dewi
Show answerSt. David's Day, March 1st, Wales's national day
Cennin Pedr
Show answerDaffodil, a national emblem of Wales worn on St. David's Day
Cenhinen
Show answerLeek, another national emblem of Wales
Y Ddraig Goch
Show answerThe Red Dragon, the national symbol shown on the Welsh flag
Nos Galan Gaeaf
Show answerHalloween, literally "the eve of the first day of winter"
Calennig
Show answerA New Year's tradition of children going door to door for small gifts or coins
Cor meibion
Show answerA male voice choir, a strong tradition in Welsh communities
Bara brith
Show answerA traditional Welsh fruit tea loaf
Cawl
Show answerA traditional Welsh stew, often lamb-based, considered a national dish
Picau ar y maen
Show answerWelsh cakes, griddle-baked sweet cakes, a traditional treat
Eisteddfod yr Urdd
Show answerThe Urdd Eisteddfod, a major youth cultural and competitive festival
Y Gymraeg
Show answerThe Welsh language, an official language of Wales
Gorsedd y Beirdd
Show answerThe Gorsedd of Bards, the order of poets and cultural figures associated with the Eisteddfod

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