Welsh traditional dance at International students dinner - Swansea Univ

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  • @thebaphomet9436
    @thebaphomet9436 7 лет назад +175

    So I had to learn this in school as a child and at weddings family members will sometimes do it because people like it an it's kinda a dance you'd expect little magical elfs to do I love being Welsh just wish so much of our past wasn't destroyed

    • @jesswood2393
      @jesswood2393 6 лет назад +19

      Dancing this in school in the full costume was the warmest most uncomfortable thing I can remember but it's still one of my favourite childhood memories

    • @shelaghmckenna2667
      @shelaghmckenna2667 5 лет назад +4

      Destroyed? It's in Wales that the memories are intact!

    • @steffanhoffmann8937
      @steffanhoffmann8937 4 года назад +1

      @@shelaghmckenna2667 truth tnx irish cuz

    • @thegreenmage6956
      @thegreenmage6956 4 года назад +2

      @The Baphomet We're working on it.

    • @chickenrabbit6715
      @chickenrabbit6715 3 года назад +2

      Blame the English?

  • @dragicamilovic2075
    @dragicamilovic2075 2 года назад +21

    I love you and your cultur, Welsh People, greetings from Serbia

  • @janetjones5087
    @janetjones5087 Год назад +6

    From a Welsh lady in North Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 absolutely so graceful well done.

  • @eirypalfrey7085
    @eirypalfrey7085 11 лет назад +24

    This dance is called Hoffedd ap Hywel - Powell's Fancy

  • @aubreyb.9630
    @aubreyb.9630 4 года назад +17

    Proud to be part Welsh!

    • @chickenrabbit6715
      @chickenrabbit6715 3 года назад

      What are you?
      Like, percentage

    • @Inquisitor_Vex
      @Inquisitor_Vex 3 года назад

      And we’re proud to have you! Where are you from?

    • @alexrose9507
      @alexrose9507 2 месяца назад

      ​@@chickenrabbit6715Doesn't really matter how much they are. If they culturally identify with it, it doesn't matter. If they are fully or part Welsh, they are still Welsh. 😌

  • @Highlander.7
    @Highlander.7 Год назад +1

    Thank you for preserving the culture of the mother land and the fore fathers. Cheers and shalom from a long lost Cornish cousin in California.

  • @louiskajzer9571
    @louiskajzer9571 7 лет назад +47

    I did not know there was Welsh dancing! It is cool!

    • @autumn9680
      @autumn9680 4 года назад +2

      their dresses aren’t cool

    • @The_Art_Imp
      @The_Art_Imp 3 года назад

      Cool is one word to describe us...

    • @Inquisitor_Vex
      @Inquisitor_Vex 3 года назад +1

      Thank you!

    • @Inquisitor_Vex
      @Inquisitor_Vex 3 года назад +7

      @@autumn9680 they are pretty though.. and handy in winter!

    • @Gecko12396
      @Gecko12396 Год назад +1

      @@autumn9680respect our fucking heritage.

  • @lawomega1
    @lawomega1 5 лет назад +11

    My God its just fantastic dancing ,so very graceful .indeed one of the very best that ive seen on youtube ,thanks for posting!

  • @chrisucl
    @chrisucl 4 года назад +29

    This is so cute. I think that Welsh, English, Scottish and Irish should be taught in schools as part of a way to preserve the heritage. It definitely beats twerking!

    • @e.k5855
      @e.k5855 4 года назад +3

      Huh?

    • @erinjones1700
      @erinjones1700 3 года назад +10

      Would be nice but the English invaded Wales so some of our culture and traditions were lost.

    • @chrisucl
      @chrisucl 3 года назад +1

      @@erinjones1700 try and bring them back.

    • @erinjones1700
      @erinjones1700 3 года назад +2

      @@chrisucl it’s quite difficult to bring them back, wish we could.

    • @skliee7171
      @skliee7171 2 года назад +2

      I’m Welsh and I was taught how to dance Welsh cultural dances in my primary 😁

  • @dougV565
    @dougV565 4 года назад +16

    I have some Welsh ancestry and wanted to see something traditional from Wales. Interesting

    • @AobaMoansMplpj7
      @AobaMoansMplpj7 4 года назад +3

      Me too! 😊

    • @The_Art_Imp
      @The_Art_Imp 3 года назад +7

      You mainly see this at an Eisteddfod or on St. David's day or any welsh holiday. I remember dressing up as a little welsh lady in primary school and eating bara brith!

    • @Inquisitor_Vex
      @Inquisitor_Vex 3 года назад

      @@The_Art_Imp bara brith? Is that the basically-just-bread-with-pork-fat-on? That stuff’s lush!

    • @The_Art_Imp
      @The_Art_Imp 3 года назад +2

      @@Inquisitor_Vex bara brith is basically just welsh cake, sometimes you can have raisins in it but that makes it taste awful-

    • @Inquisitor_Vex
      @Inquisitor_Vex 3 года назад

      @@The_Art_Imp oh! I’m in the south and have only ever heard them called welsh cakes. Omg yes, they are delicious too. I think I’m gonna make some next week now that I think of it. Get some practice in before spring!

  • @louisehogg8472
    @louisehogg8472 4 года назад +5

    Lovely. Very like Scottish country dancing. I recognise most of the figures but these seem to have more steps eg for setting.

  • @xhappyponyxwasmyoldname1395
    @xhappyponyxwasmyoldname1395 7 месяцев назад

    I’m half-Welsh- raised in America by a fully Welsh immigrant mother- and I would love to do this at my wedding some day

    • @juno2052
      @juno2052 4 месяца назад

      we have such a wonderful culture that has been erased, i'm so glad it's being spread and appreciated beyond wales

  • @mmzddx96
    @mmzddx96 2 года назад

    looks very fun and lively, and I love that little change of meter in the music at 0:58!
    I have Welsh ancestry myself. Easy to appreciate!!!

  • @rhyfelwrDuw
    @rhyfelwrDuw 3 года назад +3

    I used to do Welsh Folk Dancing in School in the 1970s, don't know if they do it now, guessing they may do in Welsh schools so that they can compete in the Eisteddford!

  • @amycummingsirishdancemom8467
    @amycummingsirishdancemom8467 5 лет назад +4

    I was watching this and my daughter says, wow that's sounds like a fast slip jig lol😂😂😂😂 .

  • @vikkibranigan4261
    @vikkibranigan4261 4 года назад +2

    I remember it well from my school days, you'd be worn out by the end of it!

  • @Happy_HIbiscus
    @Happy_HIbiscus 2 года назад +1

    dude, this is cool

  • @lotusflower1067
    @lotusflower1067 2 года назад +1

    Somehow this make me happy 😊

  • @ChimdaaluOkoli
    @ChimdaaluOkoli 7 месяцев назад

    😊❤🎉 Amazing

  • @Mr-Tibbster
    @Mr-Tibbster 5 лет назад +3

    Pretty cool actually

  • @Calucifer13
    @Calucifer13 8 месяцев назад

    This Welsh dance looks so incredibly French for some reason!

    • @Cloudnine222
      @Cloudnine222 3 месяца назад

      Haha the language welsh is similar to Breton and Breton is similar to French so in a way I guess it makes sense 😅

  • @lightcase377
    @lightcase377 2 года назад

    Good old days

  • @rafitaanjani3027
    @rafitaanjani3027 5 лет назад +1

    Can anybody tell me what's the tittle of this musiiiiccc? Cuz it's important for my exam 🙄🙄

  • @paulharvey2396
    @paulharvey2396 4 месяца назад

    good! thank you!

  • @esmeraldagreen1992
    @esmeraldagreen1992 5 лет назад +9

    These are the dances people danced during Jane Austen's time

  • @marisagar1816
    @marisagar1816 Год назад +1

    Bellísimo!. Y muy lindo ver la alegría con que bailan. Felicitaciones.

  • @blackholesupercluster
    @blackholesupercluster 2 года назад

    Rockin !!!

  • @bagelbuns3230
    @bagelbuns3230 2 года назад +1

    Im welsh and we had to do this in primery School (with a lot more kids)

  • @lucyelizabeth9996
    @lucyelizabeth9996 3 года назад +1

    Haha I remember trying to learn this at school and failing miserably lol

  • @d3lta56
    @d3lta56 5 лет назад

    Give me link on that song, please!

  • @mariesoulac6816
    @mariesoulac6816 8 лет назад +3

    Où peut on avoir la musique entière de cette magnifique danse?

    • @2380Shaw
      @2380Shaw 4 года назад +4

      marie soulac je ne sais pas but I peux faire some bara brith.

  • @helenthomascarleson4655
    @helenthomascarleson4655 2 года назад

    Where can you buy the costumes? Would love one

  • @selenasmith7943
    @selenasmith7943 Год назад +1

    So it seems that all my ancestors had culture and moves. No wonder I love dancing 😅 I see they were doing the jerk before it's time

  • @blackholesupercluster
    @blackholesupercluster 2 года назад

    Thats F*****g ace !!!

  • @yankeedoodlecajun
    @yankeedoodlecajun 2 года назад

    Can anyone tell me the name of the song and the dance?

  • @Raidercast
    @Raidercast 11 месяцев назад

    Be 'di enw'r gerddoriaeth yma?

  • @aderyn7600
    @aderyn7600 2 года назад

    Some day I'll move to wales.... some day.

  • @rickardobberson7311
    @rickardobberson7311 3 года назад +2

    Dawns prydferth!

  • @CuongNguyen-po6cw
    @CuongNguyen-po6cw 8 лет назад +1

    Can you tell me what is name of this song ? Please !

    • @The_Art_Imp
      @The_Art_Imp 3 года назад +3

      It's called hoffedd ap Hywel or Powell's Fancy in English

  • @heximancer28
    @heximancer28 Год назад

    Good dance for courting because you get to dance with everyone. lol

  • @neilyatesjazz
    @neilyatesjazz 2 года назад

    Hi Praveenone. Could I perhaps please have your permission to use a few clips from this video in a music project I am working on with Arts Council Wales support exploring Welsh-African connections?

  • @semharyemane7240
    @semharyemane7240 11 лет назад

    well done..

  • @DanielSambador
    @DanielSambador 2 года назад +1

    Da iawn

  • @Verdicton
    @Verdicton Год назад

    Never am I ever being welsh again

  • @Dan.And.Phil.Trash11
    @Dan.And.Phil.Trash11 5 лет назад +3

    I did this in primary school

  • @dorkasaurus_rex
    @dorkasaurus_rex 2 года назад

    Very bouncey!

  • @dove8722
    @dove8722 3 года назад

    I’m Welsh and do this before brekky

  • @dove8722
    @dove8722 3 года назад

    Who’s the filmer who smokes 80 a day? “Coughs “

  • @eunicechukwu1038
    @eunicechukwu1038 21 день назад

    I did that

  • @androidgaming404yt
    @androidgaming404yt 6 лет назад

    That's so boring

    • @ewankirby2602
      @ewankirby2602 4 года назад +5

      Screw you

    • @tamzinjones1530
      @tamzinjones1530 4 года назад +7

      This is Welsh culture. You’re being very disrespectful. No one wants to hear your opinion.

    • @chickenrabbit6715
      @chickenrabbit6715 3 года назад +3

      @@tamzinjones1530 not going to lie, that hurt me a bit . I'm glad you said something about the comment

    • @vixaisu
      @vixaisu Год назад

      ikr