We may be small country but we've given a lot of inventions to the world 1557 - The equals sign Robert Recorde (1512-1558) led a busy, learned life. Born in Tenby, he attended Oxford and Cambridge universities, and became both physician to Edward VI and controller of the Royal Mint. His chief contribution to mathematics, however, was inventing the equals sign (=), which he used in his 1557 book The Whetstone of Witte: ‘to avoid the tedious repetition of these words - is equal to - I will set a pair of parallels lines of one length, because no two things can be more equal.’ 1706 - Pi The Anglesey-born mathematician William Jones (1675-1749) didn’t invent pi, the numerical value of the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, but he was the first to use the, now universally-recognised, Greek symbol ‘π’ to represent it (most likely because it is the first letter of the Greek word περίμετρος - 'perimeter'). 1794 - Ball bearings The Carmarthen-based inventor and ironmaster Philip Vaughan patented the first design for a ball bearing in 1794. His design placed iron balls between the wheel and the axle of a carriage, allowing the carriage wheels to rotate freely by reducing friction. His 18th-century design is fundamentally unchanged in all rotating machines and vehicles today. 1836 - Iron smelting The ‘hot blast’ process - pre-heating the air before it’s pumped into a blast furnace - revolutionised iron-making. It was discovered independently by several ironworkers, including David Thomas (1794- 1882) at Ystradgynlais, Powys. Thomas took his process to Pennsylvania, where he played an important role in US industry, and became the first president of the American Society of Metallurgy. 1842 - The fuel cell In the future, everyone may drive cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells - thanks to Sir William Grove (1811-1896). The Swansea-born lawyer-turned-scientist invented the fuel cell in 1842, which combined hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity. As a lecturer at the London Institution, Grove also demonstrated how electric current could be used to create light, a concept that would be perfected by Thomas Edison with his light bulb three decades later. 1861 - Mail-order shopping When the small community of Newtown in mid-Wales was connected to the UK railway network in the mid-19th century, one local draper, Sir Pryce Jones (1834-1920), saw an opportunity to expand his customer base. By using trains to deliver his products, Jones pioneered the world’s first major mail-order business, eventually supplying garments to customers as far afield as America and Australia, as well as to a number of famous clients, including Florence Nightingale and Queen Victoria. 1878 - The microphone Debate continues about whether David Edward Hughes (1831-1900) was born near Corwen, North Wales, or in London (though records show his father was a bootmaker from Bala in Gwynedd). But what is certain is the scientist invented the first working radio communication system, as well as the first microphone, a breakthrough that paved the way for the emergence of the telephone industry in the 20th century. The Royal Society’s Hughes Medal, an annual award given to pioneering scientists, is named in his honour. 1880 - Medicine and social reform Frances Hoggan (nee Morgan; 1843-1927) was only the second woman in Europe to earn a medical doctorate. She became a specialist in women’s and children’s diseases, and later campaigned tirelessly to promote education for girls in Wales, and around the world. The Learned Society of Wales presents the annual Frances Hoggan Medal to recognise the contribution of outstanding women in science, technology, engineering, medicine or mathematics. 1886 - Deep space photography A farmer’s son from Denbighshire, Isaac Roberts (1829-1904) solved the problem of how to keep a camera pointing at faint celestial objects, which require very long exposures, while the earth is continuously rotating beneath us. He took the first picture of the spiral Andromeda Galaxy, which revealed its true form to astronomers for the first time. 1896 - Public health and politics Born in Llandudno, Dr Martha Hughes Cannon (1857-1932) emigrated to the United States where she worked as a physician, suffragist and public health reformer. In 1896 she became the first female US state senator - running against, and defeating, her own husband. She proposed several legislative bills that revolutionized public health in Utah, where the present Department of Health building, in Salt Lake City, is named in her honour. 1904 - The spare wheel Morris and Walter Davies opened an ironmongery shop in Llanelli’s Stepney Street in 1895. Early motor cars carried no spare tyres, so Morris Davies invented a spokeless wheel rim fitted with an inflatable tyre. By 1909 all London taxis carried the device, and their invention spread throughout the world. Even today, a spare wheel is commonly called a ‘stepney’ in many countries. 1935 - Radar The son of a Swansea steelworker, Edward ‘Taffy’ Bowen (1911-1991) was a key figure in the development of radar. Bowen was a member of the team tasked with creating a radar system that could be installed onto aircrafts, allowing the crew to detect not only other planes but also hard-to-find targets like submarines for the first time - an innovation that greatly aided the allies during WWII. After the war, he became a pioneer of radio astronomy. 1965 - Packet switching Treorchy-born computer scientist Donald Davies (1924-2000) worked with Alan Turing on early British computers, but his 1965 breakthrough in ‘packet switching’ - dividing computer messages into packets that are routed independently across a network - is one of the key founding principles of the internet. 1972 - Anthropology Elaine Morgan (1920-2013) was an acclaimed TV scriptwriter, but in scientific circles is best known for her work on evolutionary anthropology, especially the aquatic ape hypothesis (the idea that the ancestors of humans became adapted to marine environments). Elaine published several books on the topic, including The Descent of Woman (1972) and The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis (1997). Both books also challenged what Morgan perceived as the traditional male-centred view of human evolution, where the role of the female of the species is often overlooked. 1976 - The electronic breathalyser Tom Parry Jones (1935-2013), originally from Anglesey, invented the electronic breathalyser in 1976, a device used to detect intoxicated drivers and keep roads safe. Jones developed the device at Lion Laboratories, which he founded in Cardiff, and was awarded an OBE for his work. Today, products made by Lion Laboratories, now located in Barry, are still used by the UK police and in 70 countries worldwide.
You talk about public health and completely forget The NHS was a Welsh invention...... not Aneurin Bevan ... but grassroot communities in the South Wales valleys were advocating for it
@louis7707 we have so much history in our nation dating back thousands of years we are the natives of britain you can find welsh celtic artifacts dating back to around 2000bc, in 43ad the Romans went to war & conquered us native Celtic Briton (welsh 🏴) tribes creating a Romano-Briton culture basically an ancient Italian 🇮🇹 x Welsh culture 🏴 , the Romans showed us how to be a nation , how democracy works , military tactics , building architecture ect , the Romans eventually left Britain in 410ad after 367 years of rule leaving the lands back to us celtic britons (welsh 🏴) and leaving a big impact on us, 40 years later the Anglo-Saxons (English 🏴) invaded Britain from germany 🇩🇪 going to war with us native celtic britons and pushing us to the west of britain into mordern day wales 🏴 but the saxons did not conquer us completely , the germanic Anglo-Saxons (english 🏴) settled in their new conquered territory and created numerous germanic kingdoms , a few hundred years pass and the germanic dialect the Anglo-Saxons spoke evolved into old english and all the germanic kingdoms united and formed the kingdom of england 🏴 in 927ad , in 1066 the Normans (french 🇫🇷) conquered England 🏴 ending Anglo-Saxon rule , after norman 🇫🇷 conquest the old english language the Saxons spoke absorbed thousands of French words and created the mordern English langauge which is spoken today , 200+ years later england finally conquered Wales in 1284 🏴 after 840 years of Welsh-Anglo wars dating between 450 - 1284 , a welsh uprising for independence happened between 1400-1415 The Glyndŵr rebellion it was a rebellion led by Owain Glyndŵr against the Kingdom of England during the Late Middle Ages. During the rebellion's height between 1403 and 1406, Owain exercised control over the majority of Wales after capturing several of the most powerful English castles in the country, and formed a national parliament at Machynlleth. The revolt was the last major manifestation of a Welsh independence before the annexation of Wales into England he's basically our version of William Wallace from braveheart we have statues of him in wales 🏴 , the story of king arhtur king of the britons 🏴 is welsh too he was a native celtic briton that fought against the Anglo-Saxon invasion of britian
@@welsh-cymru1588 Legends still say that one day Glyndŵr will return to save our beloved Cymru, and there is no better time for him to return than now!
@@sebby324 Sadly, most of the Bretons can't speak it anymore because of a very agressive language politic in France. My grand parents were beaten and humiliated at school when they were children and grew up with the feeling that being Breton is shamefull and bad. Therefore, they didn't teach the language to my parents and now the language is almost dead. There are some initiatives, the "Diwan schools" for exemple, but it's not really the same Breton as my grand parents used to speak. Also, the governement don't pay them so they rely on the generosity of people who don't want to see Breton die. France is a nightmare for the minorities (at least the minority making the country) especialy when it comes to tha language. Many politicians here consider the French as the only true language of France and the other languages as "lesser french" or whatever. Corsican, Occitan, Basque, Breton and so on ... Now it's basicaly the whole cultural identity of the Bretons that is threatened. It kinda makes me sad that we stoped the fight (read terrorists attacks) 20 years ago, because now we will just disappear and no one in the world will ever notice. I don't like violence, but since France used it against us multiple time... Sorry for the long comment, when I start I can't stop anymore 🙂 I hope my english was ok enough to be read.
@@matthewaskins664 All languages are the same age, they just evolve. Welsh is a modern living language the same as French or English. Welsh is an international language with more speakers now than in the 19C. All languages import words, mainly nouns but the root of each language goes back to the earliest times.
As a native Apache from Texas. This brings plenty of tears. Despite everyone & everything. We are still here. 10,000 years my family’s lived on the spot I’m sittin my ass on right now. 10,000 years from now, my bones will still be here.
@@teiloturner2760 Homogeneity is inevitable. Though there are many more than the government recognizes, especially here where officially no tribes survive as a separate entity. Most of us got stamped with Catholic Hispanic surnames. So a good tell is if the family has a super common low Hispanic last name, but are vaguely Protestant(As Catholicism left a bad taste to most) they might be Indigenous. Coahuiltecan is the umbrella term we use. There are also a ton of indigenous Yaqui in Northern Mexico and South Texas.
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UGGEfl8GzK8.html One day we will only be a memory, but I’ll be damned to hell & come back if we aren’t remembered.
@@penderyn8794 Diné is unfortunately one of the hardest languages of all to learn, but fortunately I’m a passionate linguist so even if it takes me the next 20 years I’ll get it eventually 😂 As far as names go it hasn’t helped that the trend was to translate native names into English “Running Bear” etc. Same meaning as the name, but that’s just a group of English words that’s not their actual name.
@@redacted2354 it’s bouncing back which is a good thing, not by a lot though, just a little bit it’s still nice to see hopefully they’ll be a time when Ireland, Wales and Scotland would all speak their own tongue
@@redacted2354 They're trying that, Irish isn't taught well in most schools across Ireland so I truly hope they expand and support Irish only schools to keep the language coming back.
You don't remember maxim, there is noone who remembers him now 1,600 years Is a time to long to recall, when magnus maxim left Wales In year 383 he left us a whole nation, But look, Behold us today! Let the wind blow from the east, Let the storm roar from the sea, Let lightning split the heavens, And the thunder shout its encore. Let the tears of the faint hearted flow, Let the servile squirm on the ground. Though black is the blackness around us, we'll herald the breaking of dawn.
I wish for independence for wales being apart of the Brittany makes me sad and if u listen to the Irish hate Songs towards britain as wales and Ireland are Celtic brothers it will want u independence to to all of our brothers still here today independence we need
The Jewish Yiddish-speaking resistance fighters in Second World War actually had a song which chorus ended by saying "We are here!" Quite meaningful amid the Holocaust...
As an Albanian, this song plucks the heart strings. There’s a saying I’ve heard before from other Albanians, although exactly where it comes from I’m not entirely sure. “I was here when time began, I will be here after it ends” to all the small tribes of people around the world, and to the Welsh in honor of this song. Never forget your tongue
@@taffyducks544 Old English from the Latin for white. (Same as Alba in Scot Gaelic) the Long white place (because of all the snow we don't get anymore).
@@taffyducks544 One funny theory suggests that the word Albania comes from an ancient Parish of Saint Albans which apparently existed somewhere in central Albania at the time of the schism. What's interesting about that is the Celtic connection. Saint Alban was an early Christian Celt from England. If this is true, it would be yet another example of how context through time turns everything on its head!
This song makes me proud to be welsh🏴 im one of few who speak the language fluently too and will teach my childrren this beautiful language. Bydd Cymru yn byw am byth na fyddwn byth yn marw.🏴💪🏼
Please make CERTAIN your children learn. I have the unfortunate fate of having been born in America, LONG removed from my Welsh ancestry and the love of this proud heritage dies with me.
@Lee Kenyon Y Ddraig Goch has breathed fire on occasion. But his main feature is being tied to Welsh land. When he is hurt, crops fail and women miscarry.
@@taffyducks544 at that point every nation has swagger, which they do, but that doesn't really make anything special Its like when the vikings said the burned rome but they burned one minor city, ypu technically did survive rome but not rome at its peak (ahem third century crisis)
@@psyc8407 draig is a feminine noun, as in your example Y Ddraig which shows the soft mutation. That doesn't mean a she-dragon can't be fierce and powerful.
I love the layering of harmony on the chorus "er gwaetha pawb o phopeth" - 1st recital - in unison, 2nd - first layer of harmony, 3rd, 2nd layer of harmony. That structural harmonizing originated in Cymru and nobody does it better even to this day.
Salute from an Armenian, iv been to your country and drank with your people. This song is glorious, hold on to your language and culture, respect to all indigenous peoples around the world who are endeavouring to preserve their heritage ❤✌🏽
As an Argentinian who does not live in Chubut nor has any link to the Welsh people, I'm fascinated and very moved. I want visit your colonies in our country and learn about their story. So far I've read that you have come not looking for riches nor adventures of conquest, but a place to preserve who you are and leave at peace. Lots of respect for the Welsh from Mendoza
I would be interested to know; when my people settled in Patagonia, did they displace any indigenous people or was there conflict? I can't find any information about the subject (perhaps because there was no conflict/displacement to write about?). Diolch yn fawr in advance.
@@rhob5730 The original Welsh settlers were given semi-arid infertile land. They would not have survived without the help of Telhuelche people with whom they successfully managed to irrigate the Chubut Valley. It was generally considered a harmonious relationship
As a hungarian this song speaks to my soul for some reason Long live the Welsh, and all people who are still here despite their hard history Mindennek ellenére még itt vagyunk mi...
@@Rafael95554 I am from Slovakia and you tried to destroy our language so....... We have actualy something likes this song, but nazi puppet state aka Slovak state used it as it's national anthem. Name of the song : Hey Slovaks
@@danubeisreallypeculiarrive7944 yeah we were really abusive towards minorities in the last days of the Kingdom. It's a real shame, the crown was yours just as much as ours, and if things happened differently maybe we could have Danubian confederation now...but instead it's all fucked
For those interested in the meaning of this song, there are multiple layers to it. Here is a full analysis and explanation of the lyrics: - Macsen Wledig is the Welsh/Brythonic name for Magnus Maximus, a Roman General who was assigned to Britannia and who usurped much of the Roman Empire using Celtic British troops. His significance to Welsh history is that he was considered the ancestor of several Welsh dynasties, was said to have married a British Celtic woman, and is believed to have created a sense of independent Celtic British identity after he diminished the Roman presence in Britannia in 383. Some Welsh historians argued that this was the origin of Welsh as a distinctive, unified, and independent identity as the British Celtic ethnonym (Britons) became the Welsh ethnonym (or Cymry in Welsh). - The lyrics in the chorus then reference an event that is said to have occurred 800 years later when Henry II, King of England and ruler of the mighty Angevin Empire (spanning from southern Scotland to the south of France), was seeking to impose his lordship over the troublesome Welsh kingdoms. As he was travelling through Wales with his army, he came across an old Welshman on the roadside who, despite being a frail peasant, stood up to the invading king. He prophesied that no matter what Henry achieved in his campaigns, on Judgement Day the Welsh would still be standing proud in this land and their ancient language would live on (this tale is also referenced in the third and final verse of the song). A few years later, in 1165, Henry II was driven out of Wales by a coalition of Welsh kings aided by difficult weather conditions and never succeeded in bringing their kingdoms into his expansive empire. - The second verse references the invasions of the Welsh during the Dark Ages: the howling wind from the east (the Anglo-Saxon / English invasions) and the roaring storm from the sea (Irish and Viking raids). Notable heroic figures are mentioned in literature as rising up against these threats, some more historically accounted for than others. These include Cunedda who led the Britons to defeat the Irish settlers in North Wales, Urien Rheged who kept the Picts at bay and fought the Angles, Cadwallon who defeated the Anglo-Saxons of Northumbria at Hatfield Chase, and Rhodri the Great who developed a large navy to defeat the Danes. Most famous of these is Arthur who is likely a later literary invention based on several historical and semi-mythical figures who fought against the invaders of the Welsh/Brythonic kingdoms - the first source to mention Arthur is Welsh, likely long before he was adopted by French and English literature. The song references the hardship of this period as the tears of the weak-hearted flowed and somewhat mocks the servile who betrayed their own people. Like elsewhere in the song, these are intended to be parallels between these distant eras and present struggles for maintaining Welsh identity and heritage. It concludes that, despite these difficulties, the struggle will continue until things improve with the break of dawn. - The final verse is the one that most clearly associated these past events with the current political environment as it calls for unity and pride: to remember the past and bellow before the nations that, as the old man told Henry II, the Welsh will be here until judgement day despite any attempt to extinguish their identity by expansionist forces. The song references Dic Siôn Dafydd (sort of the Welsh version of an Uncle Tom) - a Welshman satirised in a poem from the year 1800 by John Jones who mocks a Welshman who abandons his heritage to pursue a shallow version of English culture due to having internalised prejudices. In spite of such people existing today (those who spurn their Welsh heritage and become culturally impoverished as a result), and in spite of Margaret Thatcher and her supporters who destroyed communities in Wales with mine closures while failing to invest in alternative industries; and who also tried to prevent a Welsh language TV channel from being established (until Welsh politician Gwynfor Evans went on hunger strike to prevent this), the song concludes that the Welsh and their language will be alive at the end of time. So, in short, the song ties together various historical references and moments that mirror each other and inspire us and are relevant to us in the present: to unite and preserve the linguistic, cultural, and political heritage of Wales against assimilationist forces that seek only to destroy and dominate, and to celebrate its longevity despite multiple attempts to undermine it. It's a nationalistic Welsh tune, but these are themes that ring true for small cultures and nations all over the world.
He didn't usurp anything - he was the eldest son of Constantine, making him the legitimate Emperor. His mother was St Elen of whom was A Welsh Princess from the Silures Tribe of Southern Wales. Ofwhich the houses of Bran, Dinefwr and Aberffraw all claimed lineage to.
@@Tlevids Nope, we can trace their lineage from before, all the way to Caratacus. ST.ELEN that is, Caratacus Daughter married a Roman General so this lineage already had roots in Rome before Magnus (Linus for example was the first Christian Bishop of Rome, he Was British) Seems we have found Another Welshman who knows very little about his own nations history.
@@Tlevids Take your pick, Harlean Geneology lists, Roman records themselves, Alan Wilson, These people aren't difficult to pin down. Most Roman Emperors after 150ad had lineage from Britain and we have Cymro Kings ruling at the exact same time as Roman emperors, they were one and the same Rulers (obviously in Wales they would be known in their native tongue). Also, several Papacies designated Britain having seniority in the Christian faith. Thanks To Linus and the foundation of the British Church. As I said, Alan Wilson....who has spent over four decades researching this subject. Buy a few of his books. He puts most of the Lineage lists in his books. Why do you think Magnus Maximus (A Roman) is seen as Wales' founding Father? Its because his mothers side was Cymro. And why do you think Wales flies the Draco Standard? The famous 9th legion is even given special place in the flag thanks to them suffering their only ever defeat at the hands of the Silures. See if you can spot it.... Like the Normans centuries later, Rome got into Wales by Marriage. Btw, If you want to research it yourself, I would suggest starting with the Kings and areas of Wales that gets ignored in favour of their rivals, Glamorgan and Gwent instead of Gwynedd. Yma O Hyd /|\
It's very rare to see nationalist songs about hope and not just for glory. Thank you for uploading these rare finds Ingen. Which speaking of this reminds of similar song that we have which is called "Janinës ç'i panë sytë". It tells about the Turkish and Greek invasions of Epir.
Yeah, It's due to how Wales is. If you fall down the nationalist songs of Wales rabbit hole you find a lot of these actually. Mainly due to the fact we were the first ones to subjugated by the English, so our nationalist songs and to be fair the ideology of Welsh nationalism itself has always been about our cultures survival. We're not second class citizens anymore but our economy was fucked over by the English(Specifically the Tories) twice so things could be better.
yeah today mongolia is just a shell of its former kimself. I saw a video about how mongolian people live and im sure tradicional life has a vibe but u know. Maybe mongolia need some modernasation. But your capital looks pretty good dough
Certain words are very similar to other European languages, window in French is fenetre and in Welsh its fenest, they look different but pronounced fairly similar
We’re still here !!!!! Congratulations to the brave Welsh people 🏴. You’ll get your country ! Love from Quebec. Vive le Québec libre and long live Wales !
@@nephets69. But the majority of Welsh want to stay in the UK and it has only gone up due to recent things such as Boris Johnson and corona virus but thats pretty much it.
Vivre le Québec libre. Je ne sais pas pour les autres mais je vous soutiens et on me comptera même si besoin en provenance de mon côté de l'atlantique.
@@MrDave1468 the majority of actual Welsh people want nothing to do with Westminster, your majority is probably the English immigrants moving here and pricing locals out of their own towns and villages. I live near a village with 72 houses, 67 of those houses are holiday homes owned by English people who only spend 2 weeks a year there.
Me clicking on the thumbnail of this video: Well, I have heard a lot of epic Turkish, Byzantine, Roman, Aztec, Mayan, Quechuan, Japanese, Chinese, German, Mongol, Soviet, Viking, British, Indian, Irish and Maori songs, as well as others. There is no way a tiny historical country in UK can make me feel this patriotic, although not being from there. Me several seconds later: RY'N NI YMA O HYD, ER GWAETHA PAWB A PHOPETH, RY'N NI YMA O HYD! Oh God! How in hell is this so good! What kind of magic does Celtic music has!
Oh yes it is your spelling is a modern one the Assyrians called us the KHUMRI/KHUMRY depending on who's doing the describing you can find us in the Bible under that spelling there's also four other descriptions in the Bible experts state are the same people and if you take a peek at the Black book of Carmarthen you'll see similar spellings
welsh was one of the languages on the voyager golden record even when the sun has exploded and the world is turned to dust there will still be some welsh left
I’m from Wales and I’m trying to learn the language as my school didn’t teach it well at all. I’m hoping some day I’ll be able to speak it and teach it to my children, so that it can carry on through them.
I guess thats one of the biggest issues of having a language suppressed in schools. Also I feel this as I am also from Wales and was also in the same situation where they barely taught us
@@flynnguest8323 It’s honestly sad to see and upsets me that it is so poorly taught. It got so bad at my school they were actively helping the students cheat on the exams, knowing no one could pass with what they’d taught
Anyone interested, try looking up the orgin of the Song. It comes from an ancient conversation by the King of England with a Welsh peasant in which the peasant made a great speech talking about how we may be hidden, denied our heritage, resources stolen, but one day judgement will happen and no other nation than Wales will answer for their corner of the earth. And will tell The father of all creation what exactly has been done to the small nations of the world. Its stirring stuff thats for sure!
@@taffyducks544 I like the mentality of your message. ''And will tell The father of all creation what exactly has been done to the small nations of the world''. I feel like Welsh , Scots and the Irish are the only europeans who actually care what happens to small nations.
@@sicsempertyrannis3782 Wut... What brought on this massive rant? The name? that's just based of Warhammer 40k. Did you think i was a commie? no... I know enough about history to know communism is a horrible idea.
@@countbinfaceglobalpresiden7926 "Why are so many Welsh People Communist?" something something "Half of the Bolshevik Party were Welsh" (Incorrect) something something something "Most of the Commissars were Welsh" (Also incorrect) some other shit i forgot "Wales gave much funding to the Soviets." Bru how? Were were a coal mining area. It was a stupid block of text. Also a fellow supporter of Count Binface, welcome.
RY'N NI YMA O HYD 🏴☝️☝️ 🏴🏴❤️🏴❤️🏴❤️🏴 LOVE YOU ALL WELSH AND CELTIC BROTHERS 🏴🏴🏴❤️❤️ CYMRU AM BYTH 🏴🏴🏴💪💪💪 CYMRU RYDD 🏴✊✊ Y WLAD GORAU YN Y BYD 🏴☝️☝️☝️
Cymro ydw i ac nid yw'r gân hon i ni'r Cymry yn unig. Ond i holl genhedloedd bach y byd! I am Welsh and this song is not just for us the Welsh. But for all small nations around the world !
Between this song and "Land of Our Fathers" I'd like to say that the Welsh have the most powerful and emotional national songs. I'm a monolingual English speaker of English heritage I'd am so glad the Welsh language has survived mistreatment and neglect and is growing again! Celtic languages are all cool and deserve to survive and thrive again!
Diolch yn fawr. I've always said that Kernow, Cymraeg and Scots Gaelic (sorry to my Scottish friends; I'm too lazy to try Google translate at the mo - too tired), should be taught a little in all English schools. Perhaps that would create a more friendly vibe between the nations on this island! I do know that some children in Shropshire near the border go to Welsh medium schools, so that's a start 🙂
Big sorry for ww2 from Slovakia, but you kinda took part of our land and cooperated with nazis during Munich agreement so..... Both of our nations fucked up.
@@danubeisreallypeculiarrive7944 wtf man? We did not cooperated with the Nazis, in 1938 we took Zaolzie because the Czechs took them from us like cowards in 1920, when we were attacked by the Bolsheviks
@@danubeisreallypeculiarrive7944 Poland did not participate in the infamous Munich conference. Poland regained what you took from us in 1919 when we were fighting the Bolsheviks. The Czechs in 1919 killed over 100 Polish prisoners of war :) In 1910, the following lived in Zaolzie: - 132,000 of Poles - 32,000 of Czechs - 22,000 of Germans now tell yourself who had more rights to these lands.
@@dominik8306 Hmm probably not the Czechs, but well after all of that we had a little ride to the east with Germany and I am really sorry. At least we both had uprisings that expected help from the soviets. Yeah, those uprisings didn´t end up well.
There is something I admire about Wales, they are passionate about their language, I spent 2 years there, I remember vividly in the main hall, we, the whole school, would sing the welsh anthem, and as a British Indian, I still sung it proudly
Looking at the comments on this upload are, honestly, one of the most heart warming things I've seen this fucking decade started. The idea this song so speficaly about a Welsh experience and about Welsh history has brought so many peoples together. The idea that this song holds some kind of universal power of hope for the oppressed is, wonderful. I often mind myself scrolling on this comment threads more than any other I ever have, just to see how many people groups from how many places have ended up on this upload, of this song. And all of who are part of such a group relate to the struggle and the song resonates with us. The simple idea of "We are still here" can carry so much more weight you really look at any group who has been through so much and yet still stands. Despite everything, despite every attempt by every group or even single tyrant. Your people, who ever they be, still stand. The further you look back, the more you've seen your people, who ever they be. have lived through. The more you can know, if they haven't stopped us yet after all this time, who's to say we ever can be stopped? Absolutely wonderful.
@@flynnguest8323 I have welsh and cornish ancestry though not as much as my irish heritage I am fascinated by well everything welsh and and cornish i am proud i have ancient native(indigenous) heritage to this beautiful island of ours.
You had better start studying Cambro-Normans (Latin: Cambria; "Wales", Welsh: Normaniaid Cymreig; Norman: Nouormands Galles) were Normans who settled in southern Wales, and the Welsh Marches, after the Norman invasion of Wales, allied with their counterpart families who settled England following its conquest.... It was Richard de Clare often referred to as Strongbow a Norman with other Cambro-Normans who invaded Ireland then King Henry 11 got involved, Henry 11 didn't even speak English and it wasn't until Henry IV, whose reign inaugurated the 15th century who was the first English king to speak English as his first language....
As a finnish person whose country speaks a relatively weird and unique language, i can relate to this song a bit and I love it. The swedes back in the day tried to crush our culture and language, then the russians after that. Thank God, neither succeeded. Greeting Wales from Finland 🏴🤝🇫🇮 Your language sounds really cool 👍🏻
Good on you lad it’s nice to know people are actively trying to learn our beautiful language instead of inheriting it by growing up with the language like me 🏴❤️
Great song and beautiful language👍 Respect from an algerian amazigh (Berber) For all the peoples of the world who are fighting for their identity and their origin
I'm Romanian, which isn't a small country at all, yet, for some reason, this song kinda speaks to me a little bit too. Love to Wales. I dunno much about you, but you've got one really cool song right here
As a romanian, this hits perfrctly. Despite all the empires having conquered us and tried assimilating us: bulgarians, hungarians, mongols, turks, poles, austrians, russians, we are still here!
Kinda ironic, when you think about it. Both regions that were once under the Roman Empire, but they later withdrew from, leaving behind a decently romanized culture.
@@ermin2248 well, you were the least damaging of all. You just went to war with the moldovans a couple of times and even had em vassallized for a while before Stephen the Great defeated you in war to gain moldovan independence. Theres also the rest of your involvement in moldovan politics but its a long story.
This comment section has been one of the most amazing, lovely, things on RU-vid and also filled with both political extremes slapping each other. I find it entertaining.
In the start I was thinking "hey the map of Wales kinda looks like England and Wales together" then I realized godamn it I'm an idiot Also this song is so good!
@@vincenzochianese9378 indeed, they are almost identical, and it does get a bit complicated in the area that is now Scotland. The Celts south of the Roman border became Romano British and when the Rome withdrew from the island the people were still Celts and lived on the area of the map. I commented because at the time of the Anglo Saxon expansion the area was controlled by Brythonic speaking peoples not Romans. The Anglo Saxon word for the Brythonic speaking people was ‘Welsh’ , every Celtic tribe in that geographical area could be described as ‘Welsh’ and they were all connected by language and culture.
Il galese è come il basco ed il finlandese, sono lingue che non hanno relazione coi altri. (Scusi gli sbaglii, studii l'italiano per only due anni nel millennio passato)
As a Welsh person who has researched our history (because we were mainly taught English history in my area) and as a native who finds it hard to find much media relating to my country, I thank you. This song not only holds dear to the history of out fights against the Normans, Romans, England and other attempted invaders, but it also is a song that symbolises the thoughts of all countries that have been battered and pushed aside by history. We are still here! We are still alive! Our tounges shine with our poetry! Our lives shine with our future! We Will Never Die! That is the message all countries take away from this. We are still here, despite everything.
Magnus Maximus, this guy sent the first Britons contingents, Welsh/Cornish, to Armorica to coordinate the fight against the Scots, Frisian and Saxon pirates on the coasts, this chapter is the embryo of Brittany. We remember him .
@Oliver Higgins Na, mae Cymru gallu bod yn ardderchog ar ben eu hun, y syniad ni mynd i bod yn "drag" yn dod o Llundain gan y Tories a y Imperialaeth sy'n eisio ni ond am ei arian achos y saes gallu dwyn ein dŵr, dwyn ein glo, ein arian, lladd ein iaith a lladd y pobl ni
Anyone who hasn't seen it check out him singing this with a 30,000 choir of Welsh football fans ,Wales v Austria, the man has huge tears of pride running down his face as he can see so many young people in Wales using the native language ,magical
Reading this and the replies just make me want to relearn welsh, didn't learn enough in school they just taught us a broken version that sounds a bit, angry? Yeah angry but trying to read that was just beautiful.
I love how this piece is specific to the Welsh experience, but can be felt by anyone from an oppressed group. The Chorus especially (I guess you can refer to it as that) resonates with me given all of the shit black people have been through in the US (among other places). May the people of Wales and of African diaspora live on and continue to resist the shackles of oppression.
@@MrDave1468 The whole song is about years of oppression and Wales struggle for survival. Welsh culture is oppressed even today by the English government though a variety of means
@@Em-jc7ct You do realize Wales has it's own Government that is in control of a lot of it's education. Also they learn Welsh as a second language and signs in Wales is made with both languages, Welsh and English. The reason things like the Welsh language isn't used that much is that there is no need to as everything is in English such as media, language what everyone knows, movies. While pretty much every movie and Game isn't made with Welsh as an option so the newer technological generations aren't seeing the need to learn Welsh.
@@lokievans6680 I knew almost nothing about Wales until now. But this song shows your precious culture. I wish you and Wales all the best. Continue to preserve this wonderful people and culture. 💪🏻
I'm breton, we remember of our relationship with those of yours stayed fully in the islands. If we ever happen to be free again, I'll put my voice to action. Better less poor together than poorer without them.
Wales has taken crap from almost every country in Western Europe, yet their spirit is unbreakable. Not something you see often these days. Props to Wales! LONG LIVE WALES
I am not celtic. Not in the least. At best, my people are Germanic. And yet, this song resonates with me, because even though we Alsatians are Germanic, we have been caught in the whirlwind of two thousand years of wars and hatred between different peoples. And through the attempted genocides, attempted ethnocides- sometimes by those who had the audacity to claim they were our saviours- we remain. We are still here as well. Weakened, dwindling, but not yet gone. For two thousand years, past the Romans, past the Franks, past the Austrians and the French, past the Prussians, and yet more French... We are still here.
Nope, its about surviving through it all. The Roman tried, The Viking Tried, The Norman tried, The Englishman tried. And yetl, We are still here. U would assume most Patriotic Welsh people would never allow their flag to be used on that union rag. You know the one that isn't a British Flag.
Fun fact, a lot of Welsh words are ancient Latin borrowings, just extremely mutated/accented. Try to spot some in the lyrics like pobul (people) newer "cwmpas" (compass)
