英国威尔士风俗相关文化知识.ppt

Fall in Wales Love with 爱上威尔士 The name Wales comes from the Germanic word waelisc or walh, a word which referred to foreign Romanized nations North Sea Snowdon 斯诺登山 In 1536,Wales was brought legally, administratively, and politically into the UK by an act of the British Parliament. The Welsh are emotional and cheerful people.They are Music lovers and are proud of their past. Festival of song and dance and poetry: Eisteddfodau Something you must know about Wales: Wales University Old Castles Welsh Coastlines Welsh Corgi ﹒知名大学： 班戈大学Bangor 斯旺西Swansea 卡迪夫Cardiff 城堡林立，带给你别样的中古风情。 康威城堡 威尔士海岸风光 ﹒国家公园 Wales Corgi On Christmas Day(DEC.25) a plygain carol service Would be held between 3a.m. -6a.m. in the local Church. Plygain carols are very old and traditionally sung by men without any instrument accompaniment. Eating,drinking and hunting. WELSH Xmas Customs 威尔士圣诞风俗 Deck the Hall Xmas Shot 圣诞光影 For years I had been searching, for that perfect fantasy, But, I find it in my arms, right now, you are all to me. Saint Dwynwen is the patron saint of Welsh lovers. Jan.25 is the Day of Saint Dwynwen when Welsh loverssend cards to each other. Dwynwen was the daughterof Brychan, king of Wales during the 5th century. She was known to be beautiful, religious and pure. A man called Maelon fell in love with her and wanted to marry her. Even though its said that Dwynwen loved him,she rejected him because she wanted to become a nun. She took a magic potion, which saved her from his attentions, but turned him to ice. She knew Maelon loved her, so she prayed that he be restored to life. Dwynwen then became a nun and went to live on Llanddwyn Island. Once we dreamt that we were strangers. We wake up to find that we were dear to each other. 有一次，我们梦见大家都是不相识的。 我们醒了，却知道我们原是相亲相爱的。 If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars. 如果你因失去了太阳而流泪，那么你也将失去群星了。 The world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover. It becomes