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Cultural peculiarities or features of welshness
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The plan
1. General information
2. Geographical position
3. Social life (politics, media, sports)
4. The Capital
1.Read a label for each term and write out the information to complete a glossary to the topic ‘Wales’
| The national flag of Wales consists of a red dragon on a green and white field. It was officially recognized as the Welsh national flag in 1959. |
| In post-Roman times legend warriors sometimes became known as 'dragons'. King Arthur's father was Uther Pendragon, the 'chief dragon', so the animal became the national one. |
· National flag
· National day
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| The daffodil is the national flower of Wales, and is worn on St David's Day each 1 March. |
· National flower
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| Lake Bala is a lake in Gwynedd, Wales. |
| ………………………………….....................His best-known miracle is said to have taken place when St. David was preaching in the middle of a large crowd and the ground on which he stood rose up to form a small hill. A white dove, which became his emblem, was seen settling on his shoulder. ……………………… |
| Towy (103 km) is one of the two longest rivers flowing entirely within Wales. |
· Highest point
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| Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales (1, 085 m.) |
· Largest lake
| The first day of March is the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales. |
| Wales forever |
ETYMOLOGY
• " Wales " - Walha, meaning " foreigner”
• Welsh term - Cymry, which most likely meant " compatriots " in Old Welsh.
CULTURAL PECULIARITIES or features of WELSHNESS
• the Welsh language
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ancient Welsh festivals and traditions,
• monastic asceticism,
• a highly evolved secular legal system,
• a distinctive literary tradition and culture.
| Gwd lwc. Ai hop ddat yw can ryd ddys and ddat yt meiks sens tw yw. Iff yw can ryd ddys, dden yw ar dwing ffaen and wil haf no problems at ol yn lyrnyng awr ffaen Welsh alffabet. |
GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION
Wales is the largest principality. This means that it is ruled by a prince. Traditionally the Prince of Wales is the eldest son of the English monarch.
Llywelyn the Great founded the Principality of Wales in 1216.
In 1282 
Wales became a part of England when Edward I defeated Llywelyn.
WALES
· located in the south-west of the island of Great Britain
· bordered by England, the Bristol Channel and the Irish Sea, and the estuary of the River Dee.