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Thread #56369   Message #886698
Posted By: sian, west wales
10-Feb-03 - 08:08 AM
Thread Name: Performance group title problem: Cariad
Subject: RE: Performance group title problem: Cariad
Cariad Cyntaf (Cun - tahv) First Love?
Cusan Cariad (Kiss-an) Kiss of Love?
Creithiau Cariad (Kreye-th-ee-eh or Kreye-th-ee-eye) Scars of Love (maybe not?)
Cariad Caeth (Kaith)Captive Love
Cariad Cain (Kine)fair/elegant
Calan Cariad (KAlan) "Calan" refers to the first day of the month, often an old Festival Day, like May Day (Calan Mai) or Calan Gaeaf (the first day of winter); Calan today tends to be taken as New Year's Day; there is no actual Calan Cariad ... but there could be - in our own minds!

Nashcat - I doubt if the book will ever be published in translation. Publishers here probably wouldn't think it would sell - as non-Welsh speakers probably didn't even notice that most of this activity was taking place ... except when it was overtly political, and then press reports wouldn't encourage an interest in the 'art'. The book did, however, get a nice review in the national paper, The Western Mail, this weekend.

sian