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Eisteddfod yr Urdd flag, early 1930's The festival at Bala in 1954.. The first Urdd National Eisteddfod was held in 1929 at Corwen. [1] Originally held over two days, the festival has grown in recent times into a week-long celebration of competition and socialising. [1]
However the National Eisteddfod of Wales as an organisation traces its history back to the first event held in 1861, in Aberdare. [10] [11] One of the most dramatic events in Eisteddfod history was the award of the 1917 chair to the poet Ellis Humphrey Evans, bardic name Hedd Wyn, for the poem Yr Arwr (The Hero). The winner was announced, and ...
Another important eisteddfod in the calendar is Eisteddfod Yr Urdd or the Youth Eisteddfod. Organised by Urdd Gobaith Cymru , it involves young Welsh people from nursery age to 25 in a week of competition in singing, recitation , dancing, acting and musicianship during the summer half-term school holiday.
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Urdd National Eisteddfod 2017 Entrance Hay festival [6] Urdd National Eisteddfod (location changes) [7] Inside Out festival (Bute Park, Cardiff) [5] FOCUS Wales [5] Gwyl Fach y Fro (Barry Island) [8] Balter Festival [5] In it Together Festival (Margam, Port Talbot) [9]
Modern Mistar Urdd plush toy. Mistar Urdd (' Mr Urdd ') is the Urdd mascot, based on the Urdd Gobaith Cymru logo and badge.Mistar Urdd has his own song 'Hey Mistar Urdd'. [8]On 25 January 2022, the date that the organisation celebrated its 100th birthday, it broke two Guinness World Records for the most videos uploaded to Twitter and Facebook of people singing the same song in an hour.
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The custom of chairing the bard is, however, much older than the modern eisteddfod ceremony, and is known to have taken place as early as 1176. [2] The chairing ceremony of the 1958 National Eisteddfod; the victorious poet was T. Llew Jones [3] The chair posthumously awarded to Taliesin o Eifion at the Wrexham Eisteddfod in 1876 [4]