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An advertisement for the Grand National Eisteddfod at Caernarvon, 1877. The National Museum of Wales says that "the history of the Eisteddfod may [be] traced back to a bardic competition held by the Lord Rhys in Cardigan Castle in 1176", [4] and local Eisteddfodau were certainly held for many years prior to the first national Eisteddfod.
In Welsh culture, an eisteddfod [a] is an institution and festival with several ranked competitions, including in poetry and music. [2]: xvi The term eisteddfod, which is formed from the Welsh morphemes: eistedd, meaning 'sit', and fod, meaning 'be', [3] means, according to Hywel Teifi Edwards, "sitting-together."
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 ]
According to Ronald Black, "In 1923, following the example of the Welsh Eisteddfod, An Comunn Gàidhealach simplified the structure of its annual poetry competitions into a single contest for a Bardic Crown (Crùn na Bàrdachd), the winner to be acknowledged as Bard of An Commun (Bàird a' Chomuinn Gàidhealaich) for the coming year.
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Folk dance competitions have featured in every subsequent Llangollen Eisteddfod. The eisteddfod was brought to close with what has now become the traditional Sunday concert, featuring Sir John Barbirolli and the Hallé Orchestra. The 1947 International Eisteddfod was hailed as an unqualified success, with praise for the organisers, the founders ...
The Sydney Eisteddfod is an annual musical competition, supported by professionals in arts and education. The event featues categories for singers, dancers, actors, musicians, choirs, bands and orchestras, along with creative categories for composers, writers and poets.
15,16,18 April 1892 (Easter holiday) at the Alfred Hall: competitions during the day and concerts by the day's winners in the evening. [ 22 ] This appears to have been the last of the old-time eisteddfau , organised and performed by Welsh families for an audience of their own nationality, to be held in Ballarat to celebrate either Christmas or ...