eisteddfod

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We spent the better part of three days during the October school holidays sitting and sitting and sitting and waiting and waiting and waiting at the Tbird's second eisteddfod - this time she picked up a new demi character dance and had a go at improvisation for classical ballet and jazz.

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  1. noun An annual competitive festival of Welsh poets and musicians.

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  • The eisteddfod was the big social and cultural event of the year in the valleys. —  Longing
  • I was married already when I met Marged the year the eisteddfod was in Penybont. —  Longing
  • He remembered the whole town trekking over the mountain to the next valley for the eisteddfod , taking Glenys Richards's harp with them. —  Longing
  • Now, if you have never been to a dance eisteddfod - it is like entering a whole new world! —  What I see...
  • We spent the better part of three days during the October school holidays sitting and sitting and sitting and waiting and waiting and waiting at the Tbird's second eisteddfod - this time she picked up a new demi character dance and had a go at improvisation for classical ballet and jazz. —  What I see...
 

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  1. Welsh : eistedd, sitting; see sed- in Indo-European roots + bod, to be; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Welsh, a sitting, a session, assembly, especially congress of bards or literati, from eistedd, sitting (as a verb, sit, be seated), + mod, a circle, inclosure.
 

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/aɪˈstɛðvoʊd/
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