WALES-Emily

= WALES   = =      = =      =    HISTORY EXTRAS QUESTION
 * capital: CARDIFF
 * area: EIGHT THOUSAND, FIFTEEN SQUARE MILES
 * food: BACON, LAMB, CAWL- vegetables and bacon soup
 * customs: PRINCE OF WALES IS ALWAYS BRITISH MONARCHS OLDEST SON; CHURCHES ARE MAINLY PROTESTANT AND ROMAN CATHOLIC
 * celebration: CELTIC FESTIVALS
 * currency: POUND STERLING
 * country moto: CYMRU AM BYTH - WALES FOREVER
 * anthem: HEN WLAD FY NHADAU - LAND OF MY FATHERS
 * famous people: SINGER_TOM JONES, ACTOR_ANTHONY HOPKINS, ACTRESS_CATHERINE ZETA-JONES
 * Anglo-Saxon_ wealas_foreigners; Welsh_Celts_Cymry_Cymru
 * St. David_a shadowy figure_he found several monasteries in the 6th century_religion has ecclesiastical base
 * Mynyw-a church base now called St. David after above
 * 9th century_ power hungry rulers_ merging the nation by marrige between ruling familys_sometimes there was warfare
 * holidays_Eisteddfod_music sessions_competition between poets and musicians_ judges panel- Gorsedd of Bards
 * Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgigerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch-St Mary's Church in a hollow of white hazel close to a rapid whirlpool and St Tysilio's Church near a red cave_longest town name in the world

What similarities and differences did you find between your life here in the United States and those of your peers in another country? Some differences between me and teens in Wales is our holidays. They celebrate Eisteddfod, a musical celebration with competition between poets and musicians. My family celebrates Christian holidays and American holidays such as Independence Day, Flag Day, Veterans Day, and Memorial Day. They also have Celtic Festivals which include traditional celtic music and dancing. We don't have anything like that, but I do Irish step dance competitively and I am competing for a spot to go to Worlds ion Gemany.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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