Midsummer Update – Ysgrif Ganol Haf

Eisteddfod 2002, Pembrokeshire, St. David's. This year's Eisteddfod, a traditional celebration of Welsh culture, will be held at picturesque St. David's in Pembrokeshire. Choirs, competitions, arts and crafts, and contemporary music will all be part of the festivities. For more information about this year's Eisteddfod, visit http://www.eisteddfod.org.uk/. To find out what this festival is all about and the history behind the Eisteddfod, read this entertaining and informative article from Harry Campbell's Gwybodiadur. He has also posted pictures of last year's Eisteddfod to give you a taste of the atmosphere. I was lucky to attend the 2000 Eisteddfod in Llanelli, and I can highly recommend it as a cultural event not to be missed.

Tipyn o Hwyl (A Bit of Fun) from BBC Catchphrase. Some fun links for light summer entertainment. If you go to http://www.giggsathome.com and click on the biggest football (soccer ball if you're a Yank like me) at the bottom left, you'll see a quite entertaining online movie about the next World Cup. If you're a fan of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, you'll enjoy reading about his interest in the Welsh language, and the similarities between Welsh and some of the languages he created in his classic series of novels. Check it out here. Enjoy sending text messages on your mobile phone? Why not try it in Welsh? BBC Cymru'r Byd offers a glossary of Welsh-language TXTing terms for the technophile.

Upcoming Features. Future articles on this site will include a long-promised discussion of Welsh-related software applications such as spell-checkers, browsers, and grammar tools. Also coming up is a article about Welsh-The Language of Song. Learn about côr meibion, cerdd dant, and other musical traditions, and how they have contributed to the popularity and survival of the Welsh language.

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