ENTERTAINMENT, THE HERALD, Wed. Aug. 4, 1976, 11. _ aK me eee came. about in. the mid- jite that still has its part to tradition: ae A _— me a : . part to tradition; and they are. — SUAMD CORNER Bey NG play in modern’ times. depicted om a new ise of eS ee atherings oa. year. an '¢ antlarttic: British postage stamps — es es Designed by Marjorie All of these activities - being issued by the Post - 4 Saynor, the stam give a festivals, dancing | and Office on: August ;. The. mance i 7 games - are par in’s stamps come in values 41. glimpse into an old wav Of. Culture, heritage and 8p, 10p, 1p and 13p. — ee SHANVAN Chinese and Canadian Foods ’ The year is 1176, The King = — of England,’ Henry II: is: jqgmesiesaielae plagued by rebellious sons- to his north the King of Scotland shows. doubtful . allegience; to his west, the powerful Princes of Wales make uneasy neighbours. But: what were the or- dinary people of Britain doing in these troubled times? In Wales, they were holding their first eistedd- fod-a festival of poetry and music, still an annual event. The English at Whitsun, . were celebrating with Morris dances-a fertility dance thought to have come from pagan times. Mean- while, the highland Scots were entertaining them- & selves with games, story-_ telling, the pipes, the fiddle and dancing. | ; All of these. activities- festivals, dancing ad games- are part of Britain’s culture, heritage and tradition; and they are depicted on a new issue of British postage stamps being issued by the Post Office on August 4. The stamps come in values of 8p, 10p, lp, and 13p. Two of the stamps relate to Wales. This year is the Basses 800th anniversary of the = Royal National Eisteddfod- the first one is said to have been arranged by the Lord Rhys ap Gruffydd' at Christmas in Cardigan Castle. The competition at this first isteddfod-the word © means sessicl or. assembly- _ : were not confined to poetry — but between ‘“‘bards and. on OE Ae SUGKEAD . poets, between harpists and. {7 DUCK HUNTING Seat crowders and pipers and JUST LISTEN various classes of music — TOTHIS / craft”, a ; After this eisteddfod, little _ was heard of the festival for: some centuries. In about 1450, however, rules to be followed by poets were laid ‘down. And in 1568, Queen - Elizabeth I commanded an — \ ' gisteddfod to check abuses — § _ by ‘“‘vagraunt: and idle _ persons naming themselves ‘mynstrelles”’. But it was not until 1789 _ that the eisteddfod as we know it today began to take ‘shape. The public as well as ‘|| - the bards were welcomed. At Llangollen, in 1858, an Eisteddfod Council was set up to organize a_ single National Eisteddfod each — year. The 8p stamp shows the bards conducted by the | Archdruid, supported ‘by his. - gorgeous: banner. He carries the Horn of Hirlas- — symbolising the traditional _ _ offerings of mead and - honey. . ' Welsh music is often associated with the Welsh cot gaol RRPULE BANLEY = BU ORT AUER “Where the customer is King”. ~ For Takeout Service | Phone 635-6184 _Fistecldfod Gewieriaenol FreopwciGyary Nivtonal Exsteritiod ob ¥ On ae el BY BOB MONTANa cK QUACK 0) (1 THink THOSE DUCKS ARE}. onc Obbkael | emai an eo . WE! yet Ss QUACK eee ee ~~ ww ~ = ~ BY DEAN YOUNG AND JIM RAYIOND NO-BECAUSE SHE MM] S| DION'T INVITE ME/ JY |. | T BECAUSE YOU'RE SO MAD AT HER? SHE'S HAVING A PARTY }! “TODAY, BUT [IM NOT IM SOMAD AT Jt |! EONA HIPPY a 4. GOING — iting Pesmsres Syndicate, te:.. 1976. Ward righte renerves. oA 4 . igsheard at every eisteddfod. Three things, it said, are a _ necessary for amantohave . HEY, SARGE/ f j6@ HE: -in his home-a virtuous wile, = | come GeT =| | ON YOUR. - ‘a eushion in his chair and a YOUR DOGS --well-tuned telyn. The telyn in ‘ -can be seen on the i3p - stamp. ‘The 800th Eisteddfod is being ‘held in Cardigan in - August. They. originally came ” about: when the ancient ‘clans ‘assembled. But. the | lan system disintegrated in 1745 and the idea - of ‘the. ‘gatherings as they are today _. ; BUT ‘YOU GOT To ADMIT ‘HES GOT AREAL FLAIR G + Otting Fastonne Sree, ic. 1878, Workd rights reserved.”