"Das Woodstock der Waliser"

Name of traveller

Peter Sager (b. 1945)

Reason for travel

  • research for the guide book Wales and visit of the Llangefni Eisteddfod 1983

Date of travel

1983

Dann tritt Dafydd Iwan auf, der Waliser Bob Dylan. Er singt seinen „Maggie-Thatcher“-Song, den die BBC nicht sendet, er singt sein schon legendäres Spottlied auf „Carlo Windsor“, den falschen Prinzen von Wales, und er singt vom Tod des Freiheitskämpfers Llewellyn des Letzten vor 700 Jahren, als sei es gestern gewesen. Da fliegen die Fäuste hoch in der Scheune bei Llangefni, und alle singen mit. (Sager 60)

Content

  • customs:
    • detailed description of the Llangefni National Eisteddfod
    • ceremonies: Gorsedd; Chairing the Bard
    • tee-total festival
    • traditional style of poetry
    • popular music
    • festival as social event
  • language: 
    • Welsh-only rule for the competitions since 1937
    • scholarships awarded to champions in individual categories as means to encourage continued production of Welsh-language literature
    • language courses offered to learners
  • people:
    • inflamatory speech by R. S. Thomas (1913-2000)
    • Dafydd Iwan (b. 1943)  compared to Bob Dylan (b. 1941)
  • revised and republished as extended chapter in the author's guidebook Wales: Literatur und Politik, Industrie und Landschaft (1985)
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Nationality of traveller

German

Language of publication

German

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

essay; travel guide; travelogue

Citation

Sager, Peter. "Das Woodstock der Waliser." Die Zeit 14 (30 Mar. 1984): 60. Print.

Entry created: 8 December 2014
Entry last updated: 26 September 2016