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And what would you say about all these animals living in the seas near Welsh coast line.
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DEMOGRAPHY
Wales has a population estimated at three million and is officially bilingual, with both Welsh and English having equal status; the majority use English as their first language.
POLITICS
The head of state in Wales is the British monarch.
The National Assembly for Wales is in Cardiff.
In the British House of Commons, Wales is represented by 40 MPs.
A Secretary of State for Wales sits in the UK cabinet and is responsible for representing matters that pertain to Wales.
Law
Wales and England share the same legal system.
1. What is the name of the Head of state in Wales?
2. What is the name of the Secretary of State for Wales?
3. What does the Welsh word ‘senedd’ mean?
4. If you are accused of being a thief in England could you be forbidden in Wales?
5. Is there any difference between Conservative Party in England and Labor Party in Wales?
MEDIA
BBC Wales: BBC One and BBC Two channels.
BBC Radio Wales
BBC Radio Cymru
a number of independent radio stations.
Wales-based newspapers: Cardiff's South Wales Echo, South Wales Evening Post, Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh edition) and Y Cymro, a Welsh language publication.
Wales has some 20 publishing companies.
| 10. Here is an article from one of Welsh newspapers. Read and tell the difference between celebrating New Year Eve in England and Wales. |
| Gwaun Valley, Cwm Gwaun, celebrates Hen Galan, the old New Year, today A unique part of Pembrokeshire starts the New Year today (13/01/16) as the residents of Cwm Gwaun, celebrate Hen Galan. The rest of the UK switched to the Gregorian calendar in 1752 to celebrate New Year’s Eve on December 31. But, for more than 200 years, those in Gwaun Valley, some four miles from Fishguard, have held their own New Year’s Eve celebrations in line with the Julian calendar. The change reflected improving scientific knowledge about how the universe worked, and was designed to correct discrepancies between the current calendar and astronomical events which were slowly going out of sync. At the time many ordinary people, who didn’t understand the change in the calendar, thought they had lost 12 days of their life. It even led to riots in some parts of the world. Once regarded as more important than Christmas, Gwaun Valley residents would prepare special food and drink well in advance for Hen Galan. On January 13, the men would enjoy shooting, whilst wives at local farmhouses in the area would busily organise the food. |
| Wales has its own governing bodies in rugby, the Welsh Rugby Union and in football, the Football Association of Wales. |
MUSIC
The principal Welsh festival of music and poetry is the National Eisteddfod.
Wales is often referred to as " the land of song“.
An eisteddfod is a Welsh festival of literature, music and performance. The tradition of such a meeting of Welsh artists dates back to at least the 12th century, when a festival of poetry and music was held by Rhys ap Gruffydd of Deheubarth at his court in Cardigan in 1176 but, with the decline of the bardic tradition, it fell into abeyance. The word eisteddfod is derived from the Welsh word eistedd, meaning " to sit", and bod meaning " to be" and therefore means " to be sitting" or " to be sitting together" (" bod" is softly mutated into " fod").