Eisteddfod
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In Welsh culture, an eisteddfod is an institution and festival with several ranked competitions, including in poetry and music. The term eisteddfod, which is formed from the Welsh morphemes: eistedd,
"Y Maes" ('the field') is the main campus and competition venue at an Eisteddfod (aerial photo of the Maes at the 2023 National Eisteddfod of Wales)
Y Prifardd Robin Owain enthroned after being awarded the bardic chair at the 1991 National Eisteddfod of Wales.
A depiction of the 1176 Eisteddfod Aberteifi in a 1930 schoolbook
The Llywelyn Monument at Cilmeri
Richard Burton
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Richard Walter Burton was a Welsh actor.
Eisteddfod
…an eisteddfod, a Celtic marketplace, classes, and a concert. Celebrities of Welsh heritage Henry Thomas, Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Sheen, along with Richard Burton's and Frank Lloyd Wright's families all publicly supported the festival. The West Coast Eisteddfod (originally the Left Coast Eisteddfod) was founded…
Burton in 1965
The Miners Arms in the village of Pontrhydyfen. Here is where Burton's mother worked before marriage and where Burton's father regularly drank.
Childhood home where Richard lived with sister Cis and her family
Home of Elizabeth 'Ma' Smith in Port Talbot where both Philip Burton and Richard Jenkins, later Burton, lodged