Mari Lwyd

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The Mari Lwyd is an ancient mid-Winter tradition which is unique to Wales.
trac: Music Traditions Wales, with the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Arts Council of Wales have run a project based on the Mari Lwyd tradition.
This video was made by Craig Chapman and Chappers Media as an evaluation of the Mari Lwyd project.
Mae'r Fari Lwyd yn draddodiad canol Gaeaf sy'n unigryw i Gymru. Mae trac: Traddodiadau Cerdd Cymru, gyda chefnogaeth Cronfa Treftadaeth y Loteri a Chyngor Celfyddydau Cymru wedi bod yn arwain prosiect yn seiliedig ar draddodiad y Fari Lwyd.
Crewyd y fideo hon gan Craig Chapman a Chappers Media fel gwerthusiad o brosiect y Fari Lwyd.
www.trac.wales

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@ben2346 5 лет назад

Who‘s here from Sam O‘Nella Academy?

@daddyleon 5 лет назад

I too is a stoodent

@phwaifunolaifu9364 5 лет назад

@lethietalty954 5 лет назад

@maggot6817 5 лет назад

@kingdedede5933 5 лет назад

@justas423 4 года назад

Imagine a Mari Lwyd singing at someone's door before they open their door to reveal their own Mari Lwyd costume.

@theloczek9582 4 года назад

Sounds like an episode of ,,how i met your mom "

@reactionboyguy 4 года назад

Then they fuck, all in rhyme of course

@nerveagent1905 3 года назад

The spiderman pointing meme, but with horse skulls.

@MacabreEruditon 3 года назад

"I already have this one, mate."

@IngimundurAO 2 года назад

top ten anime crossovers

@blockhead134 5 лет назад

This is equal parts terrifying and adorable. Good on you Wales

@jfjoubertquebec 5 лет назад

3:44 That man is terrified!

@MADISONIAU 4 года назад

I live in the same country as that

@yanvysotsky3158 4 года назад

I also wanna rap battle a horse monster in wales!

@filipb2630 4 года назад

Blockhead134 its fukin teriffiying satan tries to steal your fukin beer and rob your fukin pantry

@eve7914 3 года назад

And that shit be walkin around at night

@killersushi88 3 года назад

My American self is thinking: "Something that combines Halloween AND Christmas?! That is AWESOME!"

@Abdega 2 года назад

Mari Lwyd: I’m ready for my closeup Mr Tim Burton

@666kingdrummer 6 месяцев назад

Look up Krampus

@reeshearer 10 лет назад

I love that this tradition is being preserved and carried on. What fun.

@maddymiller4146 4 года назад

Rees Shearer Well it’s not dangerous, and everyone can have a good time. So I approve of this tradition because it doesn’t involve people getting hurt, just some people losing some of their alcohol and some of their food to a Mari Lwyd if they gave up

@aidenpearce5275 3 года назад

@@maddymiller4146 i disagree

@R3andMe 5 лет назад

Who is here from Sam O’nella?

@lilpooh9708 5 лет назад

@spamtong.spamton3057 5 лет назад

Me ooff

@IsThisRain 5 лет назад

Shits creepy asf bro

@spamtong.spamton3057 5 лет назад

@@IsThisRain WHY DO I FIND IT CUTE

@Funkmeister6604 5 лет назад

Oi, don’t forget me

@AoiUsagiOtoko 3 года назад

not gonna lie this is the coolest christmas tradition i have EVER seen

@jennifercavenee7572 5 лет назад

Not gonna lie, when I first heard about this my immediate thought was that it would make an awesome Pokemon. (Fairy/Ghost-type of course.)

@UltimateDorito 4 года назад

I'm into it. Send this to Nintendo stat.

@eeggg9953 4 года назад

i was thinking either Fairy/Ghost or Dragon/Ghost

@bruhm4571 4 года назад

@@eeggg9953 I was thinking [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]

@666kingdrummer 6 месяцев назад

Mari Lwyd is in D&D

@nadadealer4435 5 лет назад

0:52 Imagine if horses could actually open their mouths like that.

@bigyale3277 5 лет назад

I’d scheiße myself every time I see one

@yes9691 4 года назад

I think they can slightly less large

@wackyruss 4 года назад

It would be like a horsegator!

@yourladbrennen3130 3 года назад

if a horse looks at you like that, you run

@willburchett4667 3 года назад

Imagine being high on Christmas Eve and this thing shows up at your house

@nickshea9063 4 года назад

Imagine this thing in the middle of the night coming to your house alone and hearing the snapping sounds of it’s mouth outside your door

@HostileLemons 4 года назад

Cool!

@arianbyw3819 3 года назад

been there! :)

@arierodjali7865 5 лет назад

It’s as if famine himself has manifested into your house and steal all of your figgy pudding

@dessilou9738 4 года назад

Not my figgy pudding

@reterbid6215 4 года назад

@@dessilou9738 Not sam's figgy pudding

@stopmotionharry8989 2 года назад

Time to welsh me pants

@scratchthecat2335 5 лет назад

I strangely find this adorable

@ohno4930 5 лет назад

This is definitely strange to me (I'm also here from Sam O'Nella) but it was so much fun to learn about another culture's tradition! It's unique and creative, and it sounds like a joyous thing to be a part of :) thank you for the video!

@cyanidegame7226 5 лет назад

I read this, then look at the giant horse skull demon requesting to enter my home and just don't fucking understand

@HostileLemons 4 года назад

@@cyanidegame7226 oh it's just a bit of fun. Nothing demonic about it

@justas423 4 года назад

So basically you rap battle a horse skull so he wouldn't drink all of your beer?

@OscelotTheCat 3 года назад

YEP! ❤

@nugget8612 3 года назад

basically

@Abdega Год назад

It’s tradition and considered good luck to lose, however

@angelynx1prime Год назад

She. =)

@3tangle3 7 лет назад

The tune...is a Welsh one...the English christmas lyrics "deck the halls" came later onto the Welsh tune "NOS GALAN"

@germanempire7689 5 лет назад

Imagine rap battling with a horse skull.

@someone8240 3 года назад

Imagine *LOSING*

@thecircleoft.e.d2121 3 года назад

@@someone8240 Mari Lwyd wins a meal.

@someone8240 3 года назад

@@thecircleoft.e.d2121 well, yeah now I dont want to lose EVEN MORE

@aidenpearce5275 3 года назад

@@someone8240 just stab them lol

@Brackets_Guy 3 года назад

@@someone8240

@TheMerryWolf 5 лет назад

Dear Welsh people: can other peoples borrow Mari Lwyd? Looks like a ball! I'll run around from house to house asking for booze and cheese!

@talldragon633 5 лет назад

Yes. Go ahead. Spread our wonderful culture.

@walker5653 5 лет назад

*SJW ALERT* *SJW ALERT* Jeezus, you don't need to ask!!!!

@MADISONIAU 4 года назад

Yes, take it, take it away

@josecarioca8785 4 года назад

Yeah, I will sure do this one day.

@DarkwaveMistress 4 года назад

@@talldragon633 Welsh culture is so amazing. I dream of visiting Wales one day!

@gallevitikusgenderlordmigo6324 4 года назад

First I was afraid of Mari Lywd, now I think she/he is really adorable and cute :3 Wish we had something like this in germany...

@michellee1190 5 лет назад

Oh I would love a flatpack Mari Lewyd!

@michellee1190 5 лет назад

Found it! The purchase links are at the bottom of this page resources.trac.wales/traditions/mari-lwyd

@Platypi007 4 года назад

Mari Lwyd meme on Facebook brought me here and I'm really glad that I learned about this tradition. I love every aspect of it!

@abandonedbody 4 года назад

This is one of my favorite traditions of the world I’m so happy it’s still being kept alive

@pistachioinlove2862 5 лет назад

I want to travel to Wales next christmas now, that thing's so disturbing and i love it

@steffanapbreian6024 4 года назад

Dere i Gaerllion 6ed Ionawr Come to Caerllion on the 6th January

@basiI 4 года назад

I first saw this and thought “Jesus this is terrifying how the fuck did this become a tradition?” Now it seems kinda wholesome and fun and I wish that this was more common

@steffanapbreian6024 4 года назад

The Mari is the Horse Goddess Rhiannon

@Wotsitorlabart Год назад

@@steffanapbreian6024 No it's a hobby horse tradition and there is no written record of it much before 1800. Also, there were very similar versions of the tradition in 19th century Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire coal and iron mining communities - here the hobby horse was called 'Poor Old Horse'.

@dha1223 5 лет назад

Mari lwyd is a creagure of famon and not to bring luck but it depends on you. If he sings outside the house and you cant sing back he will get inside your house and eat your food.

@HostileLemons 4 года назад

Nice.

@arianbyw3819 3 года назад

and drink your beer!

@bjrnbjrnsson4012 5 лет назад

Hey kids

@Screamiing 4 года назад

Your name is the sound a spring makes

@ammagon4519 3 года назад

@@Screamiing bro wtf lmao

@blakemoresimon 3 года назад

Got to love how you rap at a dead horse to keep your beer safe

@ianmcquestionable4017 5 лет назад

I have little bit of Welsh ancestry, and I think it'd be funny to prop this up in front of my house next Christmas And yes, I'm here from Sam O'Nella

@muzwot9603 2 года назад

Welsh teacher a the start is an absolute babe.

@Dustylee428 3 года назад

They're so metal and they don't even know it 🤘🏽🤘🏽

@rayestanley517 4 года назад

Just the sight of it all seems ancient...

@Guyrandomducttape1 5 лет назад

Sam O'Nella anyone?

@lethietalty954 5 лет назад

@jfjoubertquebec 5 лет назад

Yea!

@funnyhorseguy2787 6 лет назад

I really love this tradition, i'm planning to create my own mari lwyd costume with an actual horse skull too!

@jellyfish215 5 лет назад

I'm making one this year

@jonalex2823 3 года назад

God, I remember it would come to my school each year around Christmas. Used to scare the living shite out me. Especially the all-too familiar SNAP of the teeth. But it's fantastic to see it still going. Mor falch i gweld

@CapnJonMorgan 5 лет назад

I absolutely love this video! I'm learning my Welsh heritage and love seeing traditions being revived. Awesome video, thanks!

@unfamiliartitties 4 года назад

"what did you think when famine himself walked through the door?" I repented, put a gun to my head, and shat myself all at the same time

@KOONKIDDO 3 года назад

I'm going as the Mari Lwyd for halloween! I love this so much!

@cristiancamilovaldiviesopo6717 4 года назад

Does everyone on Wales play the fiddle?

@EsraRanter 9 лет назад

That is brilliant.....magnificently brilliant.......

@mariellenerder7863 6 лет назад

This is brilliant.Never heard of it.

@user-qq9rh 5 лет назад

Mari lwyd: let me in I want to raid your pantry Me: don’t come in for fun I own a 12 gauge shotgun

@sotsu618 4 года назад

Stolen from Sam O’Nella

@CherryRedBanshee 3 года назад

I want to spend at least one Christmas in Wales so I can experience this.

@thecartercrew3725 5 лет назад

I wish we had something like this here. Christmas would be a lot more fun!

@lloyddickason6259 4 года назад

Thank you for a wonderful and informative video!

@RhisiartapMorgan Год назад

It gets very hot under the sheets of the Mari Lwyd I had to perform for an hour dancing as well, and it was at Nadolig time . We have started the tradition back in Caerllion Usk has been going for 25 years as a tradition next year, at the Star Inn Llanfihangle Tor Y Mynydd , usually on the 6th of January. We are trying to develop the Tradition in Torfaen now this year of 2023

@artemisarrow179 6 лет назад

Omg this looks so fun

@emilywhitfield2780 2 года назад

Wonderful tradition from a beautiful land and people!!! Greetings from The United States!!!

@Adrian-le4se 5 лет назад

They're making horse skull origami. I got in trouble for sculpting a fish tank and putting a skull decor inside of it.

@dubuyajay9964 4 года назад

Umurica.

@user-md6px2jz8e 10 месяцев назад

Wonderful!

@baboombambaboombambam1458 2 года назад

I am from Wales, and I've never heard of this tradition. Looks fun though.

@thecountofangelicislands6183 3 года назад

This is friking creapy omg

@jeremyeineichner7271 3 года назад

Ok, but, where can I get one of those flat-packed ones? I need it for reasons.

@catherineleslie-faye4302 4 года назад

Please tell me where I get a copy of the booklet for the Mari Lwyd. I am in Portland OR USA.

@1zup 4 года назад

I'm terrified and intrigued

@ladyofthelake93 3 года назад

It's honestly kinda cute. I would totally want to pet it!

@jupitersailing 2 года назад

Bob tro rwy'n gweld un arall o'r traddodiadau hynafol hyn ni allaf ddianc rhag Edward Woodward yn The Wicker Man. Every time I see another one of these ancient traditions I just can't escape the similarity to Edward Woodward in The Wicker Man. Actually, he couldn't escape either.

@sotsu618 4 года назад

Can you make a skull out of paper? I wanna make one but can’t get ahold of a horse skull,,

@totaldramacadet8487 4 года назад

It's pretty cute you got to admit

@barryg67kelly90 3 года назад

Da iawn. Bywyd i ein traddodiadau a gwydriad o gwrw i'r ceffyl.

@RhisiartapMorgan Год назад

We also perform Y Hela'r dryw, with singing in Gwenywseg

@dessilou9738 4 года назад

Im gonna be this for halloween

@evelynbutler-morton1502 3 года назад

In Newfoundland Canada there is a lot of Irish and Welsh ancestry. Mummers day is their Mari Lwyd day. Newfoundland was owned by England untill 1949,many Newfoundlanders still keep all of their british traditions alive. Check out mummers videos on RU-vid.

@IAmSoMuchBetterThanYou 2 года назад

So Wicker Man

@trashmagic4343 4 года назад

We have something similar in Romania, but its a goat

@HostileLemons 4 года назад

Cool!

@tuanthanhtran6919 3 года назад

May I ask what is it call ? I want to learn abt it

@trashmagic4343 3 года назад

@@tuanthanhtran6919 its called capra, which means goat. you can look up "romanian capra tradition" but i dont think its as interesting as the mari lwyd

@tuanthanhtran6919 3 года назад

@@trashmagic4343 Tks ! It's all freakingly interesting to me

@MADISONIAU 4 года назад

I live in the same country as that. It's nice yet sketchy.

@steffanapbreian6024 4 года назад

There is nothing sketchy about the tradition. It's rooted in ancient Pagan Welsh tradtion. The Mari is rhe Horse Goddess Rhiannon.

@tsarnicholasii274 4 года назад

What the country or the tradition? Maybe if you live in Swansea or something, it's amazing in other areas.

@Wotsitorlabart Год назад

@@steffanapbreian6024 Speculative nonsense based on no evidence whatsoever. It is a hobby horse tradition with no written record of it much before 1800. Also, there were very similar hobby horse traditions in 19th century Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire - they called their horse 'Poor Old Horse' or in the sheep version 'Old Tup'.

@ivorymantis1026 3 года назад

It makes me happy seeing old and even obscure European traditional cultures like this being practiced. Such a good thing to never forget who you are or where you come from.

@existentialmeatsuit6543 5 лет назад

Interesting

@maurocgoncalves 3 года назад

Hello im from portugal. From a litlle countryside town were we have the same tradition as you but not on christmas. Here we use the skull with black clotes and usual the men inside use to terified the childreans in Carnaval celebrations afther christmas. I would like to contact anyone from your town to try discover about the origin of the tradition and try to establish a relation betwin your tradition and wours. Thanks

@DrChaunceyBlevins 5 лет назад

03:58 .. what language? Traditional Welsh?

@ce8220 5 лет назад

The Welsh language...

@ce8220 5 лет назад

@@DrChaunceyBlevins I'm from South Wales and I've never heard of this😂😂

@ce8220 5 лет назад

@@DrChaunceyBlevins it is Welsh, they're speaking Welsh and they have south Wales accents but I've just never heard of this tradition. It is in Wales though.

@tsarnicholasii274 4 года назад

Welsh yeah

@deja3173 4 года назад

Here from Fresno Cali and bruh what the fuck is this lmao crazy shit I like it lol

@justas423 4 года назад

Step 1: Get a Mari Lwyd costume Step 2: Snort a shit load cocaine Step 3: ??? Step 4: Get arrested for several counts of theft, assault and breaking and entering

@marcorromix 3 года назад

the ancestor of long horse.

@1saturday847 4 года назад

mari lwyd is cute

@woolfy02 2 года назад

Dumb question but, what language is this 1:29

@celestialceilagor3802 2 года назад

Esperanto is the official language of Wales so they are speaking forekic

@RhisiartapMorgan Год назад

In performing Y Fari Lwyd we do not dress in Victorian Cloths, we use Characters from the Mabinogi

@richardsweden 4 года назад

Wi'n mor hoff o'r traddodiad hwn.

@ironknee3487 4 года назад

8 mile except it’s just you and Mari lwyd

@TheSmackfan101 5 лет назад

SCP 682? How'd you get there?

@farisoneAFC 4 года назад

Damn long horse is now short horse

@Recroomsniperpro 3 года назад

If I saw this in my window Id be asking Santa for a red Ryder carbine BB rifle

@feralblade1025 5 месяцев назад

now,i find my soul origin..

@OscelotTheCat 3 года назад

resources.trac.wales/traditions/mari-lwyd Found the resource! Y'all should put this in your info box Trac Cymru.

@victoriaalbastra6325 2 года назад

The horse part is unique indeed. The same pre-Christian tradition still exists in Romania with a goat's head.

@Wotsitorlabart Год назад

It's not pre--Christian. No written record of it much before 1800. And not unique.

@djungelskog132 Год назад

So slay

@miaow8670 4 года назад

Mari Lwyd costume should have its own SCP code.

@kokoro0304 4 года назад

Don't let it in Or behold your beer

@RobBush 4 года назад

Attention Welsh People: While I think this is an amazingly cool custom, I need to warn you: If a Mari Lwyd shows up at anyone's door in the U.S., they will straight up get shot. No questions asked.

@DaveEd2499. 4 года назад

Well, it's a good job that the UK isn't bat shit crazy then isn't it.

@RobBush 4 года назад

@@DaveEd2499. recent election results call the veracity of this comment into question. ;-)

@tsarnicholasii274 4 года назад

@@RobBush haha yes, how the fuck the Tories still get voted in despite doing fuck all the last 10 years is ridiculous. Why average people will vote in a rich, aristocratic coke addict is beyond me

@tsarnicholasii274 4 года назад

@Wet vegetables Everything is political. This is about how the UK is becoming as crazy as the US. We've already put in a party who cuts the NHS and will likely privatise it. We've already started labelling anyone who wants to support the NHS as "lefty liberals" much like "commie". This ensures that no progress will be made.

@McFilA 4 года назад

This is why Cromwell banned Christmas.

@Wotsitorlabart Год назад

Doubtful this was around in Cromwell's time.

@gamehedgehog9434 4 года назад

Holy crap that’s scary

@Bloinkus Год назад

rap battling a dead horse for your beer lmao

@IngimundurAO 2 года назад

4:09. a lot of the Squid 😂

@markoglesby4778 3 года назад

An odd recommendation for June

@gem3806 4 года назад

Oh how I wish I could rap battle a horse skull

@user-nw6ed5ml7r 4 года назад

1:00 I want to play a game ?

@ansleybaskin3735 4 года назад

fy diwylliant

@xxxmandemxx6433 5 лет назад

I really wanna know who in the hell created this thing

@hatjodelka 5 лет назад

It's an ancient tradition that died out in most (but not all) areas of Wales that is now being revived. The Celts always had sacred customs with horses stretching back for thousands of years. In Ireland communal halls will often have horses skulls buried under the floor or a horses skull hidden somewhere in a domestic dwelling, under floorboards or wherever.

@xxxmandemxx6433 5 лет назад

@@hatjodelka ah ok makes sense

@hatjodelka 5 лет назад

Also possibly why eating horsemeat is not a thing in the UK but considered perfectly OK in other European countries.

@Wotsitorlabart Год назад

@@xxxmandemxx6433 No it doesn't because it is total nonsense. Mari Lwyd is a hobby horse tradition with no evidence of its existence before about 1800. And there were very similar 19th century customs in Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire where the horse was called 'Poor Old Horse '.