TIME FOR MUSIC FROM WALES! Yma o Hyd - Dafydd Iwan REACTION

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[@dispekfulchikensammichwith431]

I'm American. I researched Wales and the language for a writing project and fell in love with it. Everything they endured, standing defiant in spite of the odds - how can one not be inspired? They brought their language back from being endangered, and it continues to grow every year. For years I tried to learn a second language and would never stick with it (like Spanish, since my country has so many speakers living here). But something about Cymraeg spoke to me. I loved it from the first lesson. I started self studying on Duolingo and any books or videos or podcasts I could find. I write out my work calendars in Welsh, and put labels all over my household with the Welsh names for things. I may never become fluent like a native speaker, but I know I'll be studying and trying for the rest of my life. Cymru am byth!

[@redsidebiker]

Oh, butt. Croeso i'r Iaith Gymraeg. Fyddaist ti'n siarad gyda fe fel yr Iaith?

[@thedisabledwelshman9266]

well done bud. keep it up.

[@lisa0795]

That’s amazing. I’m Welsh and learning it now. I don’t think I’ll ever be fluent but I’m not stopping. Hope you continue to enjoy learning it. Cymru am byth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@markjones6564]

Wow!!! Diolch yn Fawr Iawn🫶 As a Welsh speaker I feel so proud that Our language is respected by You👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍

[@janethough2600]

My grandfather was Welsh through and through and I'm so proud of my Welsh roots! My daughter has now married a Welshman whose first language is Welsh so she's learning from him and having lessons through Bangor University. It makes my heart swell to know that the language is being passed down through the generations 😊. Diolch yn fawr!

[@seanoroideain3994]

I'm Irish and brought my son to theWales V Ireland Rugby match last February....a highlight of which was listening to the Welsh crowd singing the Welsh National Anthem ...it is truly moving! You might enjoy showing a Welsh rugby team and crowd singng this...great video btw!

[@peakyblinder4511]

They don't sing Welsh song like us football boys

[@3vwhat3r]

Diolch yn fawr, sir. Thank you. We love the Irish too. Shoulder to shoulder

[@robertedwards1826]

Thank you for making and posting this video, as a Welshman I’m so proud of our language and culture.

[@johnjones2819]

This song has become the second National Anthem of Wales . Cymru am byth🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@marcdavis4509]

I would like to mention that the Welsh have a long history of choral singing. There is a high level musicality in the population. I love this song I cry almost every time I hear it.

[@tomogochi2457]

welsh language is growing loads! the English tried their best, but didn't succeed . Diolch

[@welshie6313]

Cymru am byth!

[@garethdesborough7960]

Don’t confuse the Kings of England with the people. Most English people are happy to see Wales celebrate its individuality and language as their British brothers and sisters. Cymru am byth!

[@jonbridge1285]

...and that is pretty much the meaning of this song! Da iawn!

[@darrenhutchings6264]

and they never will

[@tonyska]

It was the Welsh who introduced the Welsh Not into the classroom, not the English. I know that might not fit the narrative of some but that's the reality. Teachers believed speaking Welsh would hold back children in later life so discouraged it.

[@ljones7942]

I'm welsh and would like to thank you for this video. You really understood the meaning behind the song and explained it well to the audience. We're still here. Diolch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@danpastor7116]

O Gatalwnia, rydyn ni'n eich deall chi'n berffaith. rydyn ni dal yno hefyd

[@user-uw3qj7ln8s]

​@@danpastor7116Her pronouncements are very good. Diolch am chwarae'r gan yma.

[@JasonConlan75]

Wherever I go in the world and talk to people they say oh you're from England(usually Americans)..... No I am Welsh and extremely proud of it Yma O Hyd is fantastic but the same as the national anthem listening to them live in the stadium is something very very special and I dare you not to cry.

[@j.tuds7]

The song that brings chills to the world 🌍 ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@DB013]

This song is our second national anthem basically cymru am byth🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@peterlewis8040]

The land is not ours, we are of the land. No better , no worse than anyone else, but very proud.

[@philjones45]

From a Welsh man thank you for that. I'm in tears yet again, and even more so watching you react. Although you butchered Dafydd's name, I forgive you. The song is so passionate, whatever or whenever i hear the chorus I burst into tears. Diolch yn fawr Rosalie, diolch yn fawr. x

[@N1N4K]

Cymru am byth.... from a German living in beautiful Wales. The home of the Red Dragon. A Nation that loves music. I prefer Rugby over football but you cannot argue that the hymns and songs are what makes it magical. Tom Jones, Bonnie Tyler, Bryn Terfel, Shirley Bassey, Cerys Matthews (Catatonia band), Katherine Jenkins, Duffy, Max Boyce, are some famous Welsh singers ❤

[@just.some.things3945]

Hymns and Arias by max boyce is a MUST LISTEN

[@tomogochi2457]

bonnie tyler use to stay at my parents alot :) makes wales so proud. England at times try to take credit.

[@lunalucian77]

I can't believe you forgot Charlotte Church!!!!!! 😉

[@t0mpk1n5]

Stereophonics aswell

[@pamjamblack]

Dont forget the Manic Street Preachers lol

[@carwyn1843]

Being a Welshman, living in Australia, I love hearing other people’s view on Wales , the culture and the music it is amazing to see a vid like this. On top of that, in the video I actually saw an old mate of mine, a guy I’ve known for many, many years. Thank you for a wonderful reaction video. ❤️

[@DAILARNER]

Excellent analysis of Yma o Hyd , and the point about the inclusiveness of Welsh is spot on. It is a beautiful language and still evolving - diolch am eich diddordeb yn ein hiaith

[@peakyblinder4511]

James James and Evan James ❤ I live just up the road in pontypridd from them two Welsh legends

[@jase6709]

The live performance with the fans in the football stadium will give you goosebumps. So will the cover from Bronwen Lewis.

[@peterlewis8040]

It's a beautiful cover. No close relation, but there are rather a few of us.

[@BishieBishie]

The Eisteddfod one gives me goosebumpts too, all the young people singing it and making him cry a little

[@Ben-vv9ly]

Great reaction ❤ I discovered you whilst going down the Ren rabbit hole. The people of Wales have been persecuted by the English over the centuries, so much so that only 1/4 of the country can speak our language. The English, brought something called the Welsh Not to all primary schools, if a child was caught speaking Welsh then they would get caned and be forced to wear a necklace with a WN on it, of course Welsh was the first language in those days. I am also English 😂 I moved here, learn the language and now have Welsh children, for their sake, I hope we escape the British political system 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 P.s please do the tale of Jenny and screech by Ren P.a Cymru am byth

[@truthbeforeopinions941]

Although I appreciate your comment and how Truthful it is about how those of Wales have been treated, I must clarify one thing! It is the UK government. Not the British, as the only nation to founded by the British people is in fact Wales. Tolkien explains how it was Co-opted in his lecture on Germanic and British languages at Oxford university. He hated the fact that the English (his own people) started calling themselves British.

[@pauldurkee4764]

What about the sizable part of the population in the south east, that have a good deal of mixed heritage, many of whom are quite happy to call ourselves british.

[@iriscollins7583]

​@@pauldurkee4764 Cornish is a Celtic language.😊

[@peterhowells7309]

Not just Welsh, the English tried to eradicate anything Celtic in the UK - they failed then and they will always fail! As a Welshman living in Northern Scotland for over 50 years I want Scottish independence SO badly!

[@CymruEmergencyResponder]

@@truthbeforeopinions941British has become a synonym for English which is extends English culture and language over those of Wales, Scotland, Cornwall and Ireland. I’ll never call myself British.

[@Crunchy_Croissant]

You’re pronounciation of Yma o Hyd is very good Welsh is my first language and where i live in a little village around 95% speak welsh

[@rosalieelliottofficial]

Thank you very much :) I’m glad to hear that

[@bigseanSM]

I love how you couldnt stop smiling whilst listening to this song 😁 amazing

[@jonathanmantle2364]

Thank you for doing this. Wales is an wonderful country. Please Listen to our national anthem of "Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau". It packs a punch!

[@Khumry]

The language of heaven.

[@shuni2525]

I'm welsh, was born and will die here. Great video, keep up the good work

[@maxmoore9955]

I'm English and believe all the indigenous Language's of The British Isles should be Taught in Schools including Cornish.

[@gaynormainwaring1853]

Syniad gwych / Great idea !

[@sopissedoff]

I don't think there's a Englishman alive that begrudges Wales anything ,we love our brothers ♥️🇬🇧

[@knapsuck]

Cheers mate

[@joeking7707]

We need each other more than ever.

[@larryfroot]

Thank you for your generosity of spirit!

[@CaveRescueMedic]

@@joeking7707We need independence more than ever. It’s the only way forward for Wales.

[@joeking7707]

@@CaveRescueMedic Really? please explain to me the benefit of going fully independant?

[@margaretpace4285]

Wales is now a country in its own right 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 x

[@sammurphy5680]

Diolch/Danke Rosalie! So happy you could take the time to understand and showcase something about our language and culture 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇩🇪❤

[@CoryJames-ws9is]

If it’s passion you want look no further than the Welsh! Try this live and the anthem especially our 30-3 win over the English, you’ll hear it from the heavens

[@heinzherrmann6559]

Tolles Lied. Ohne dich hätte ich das nicht gehört👍👍👍

[@laurengregson107]

I’m Welsh. So I’m happy people are happy

[@mariannehancock8282]

You pronounced 'Yma o Hyd' very well.

[@creone]

Wales is known as the land of song, you need to react to the anthem, best in the world x

[@Gw0wvl]

Watch the version where he sings it at the stadium ... Then you might get the full inpact of this beautiful song .. DIOLCH 👍

[@johndavies1336]

Thanks for your delightful and for me, a Welshman living in Sweden since youth, it was revealing and beautifully explained. Your explanation of Cool and Inclusive Nationalism, that wants a.place that “All People” can share was marvelous! The rhythm, Colors,, people were as you noted of all ages, colors, and types who were enjoying the music and lyrics and it’s was COOL. And they all have the right to “still be there”, with their Welsh Dragon. Thank You!

[@garethrees100]

I love this song so full of energy and passion 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@user-mn2ge4zq3d]

This is not the version to listen to. Watchthe live version he sang before the Wales v Austria game to get a real understanding of its impact and what it means, particularly to welsh football

[@kathleenmorgan5001]

You need to listen to Welsh national anthem sung at a rugby match. It’s amazing.

[@danielboard9510]

Fantastic stuff, You're very insightful Rosalie. The first video i watched of yours, was the Ren- Hi Ren video and your thoughts about it brought me to tears. And this is equally insightful and measured. Keep it up.

[@Sharkuleez]

So powerful! Thank you for sharing this.

[@theglanconer6463]

I've been a few times to Wales, beautiful country, fantastic people, ( girlfriend at the time studied in Swansea) brilliant time. Tjezus must have been the early 2000s. It has been too long. Have to visit them again.

[@abe3567]

Come back

[@hajovelt3083]

When you look for international songs you must listen to "I am australian" by The Seekers! This is the really inofficial australian anthem which EVERY Australian can sing. The Seekers were a "Popgroup", founded in 1962 by Athol Guy, Keith Podger, Bruce Woodley and the wonderful voice Judith Durham. The Song is written and composed by Bruce Woodley. Judith Durham passed away last year on 5th August 2022, but she is unfogotten. I am German, but when I hear this song, I got goosebumps.

[@stevenlewis2997]

I’m not a big patriot at all, but I do love this song. I’m probably somewhere in that crowd of football fans singing it, with tears streaming down my face.

[@joeking7707]

Damn feel bad for you.

[@flamedealership]

A true hymn. It doesn't always take elaborate compositions or instrumentations to create a very catchy song. And I totally agree to your comment. We're all one race and I never understood why we're not able to come together as a whole and still accept our differences and see them as an enrichment to learn from one another. That doesn't mean we each should discard our different heritages or substitute our languages. Although I must admit that my native language of German has assimilated many English terms over the past years and even merged some words to a so called Denglish. But, language is always evolving. Nowadays nobody speaks in terms like Mozart, Beethoven, Goethe or Martin Luther (not the jr.). And let's be honest here: many of our words are of latin or greek origin and nobody complains about that...💛💛

[@leestirling4623]

First of all we are not one race we are a species made up of many races. If we were one race we would be universal donors but we are not as the body can reject transfusions and transplants from different races. Secondly we can't all just come together because we are different. That's nature, it's the same throughout the animal kingdom too. Animals protect their genes and so do humans. It's only recently in history people have started mixing races and that's because of decades of grooming from government propaganda. Wales is tiny and we are in serious trouble of being wiped out by mass immigration. We are definitely not the same, we, along with the rest of Britain and Ireland are racially abused every day by them and also gaslighted by the governments and media. Our kids have been getting gang ray ped for over sixty years by the foreigners and the establishment keeps trying to cover it up. Stabbings everyday, murders , lootings, ray ps. Child trafficking .etc. why would we want to live with that? It's slavery, not to mention the beheading of gay people. I got surrounded and spat on a few years ago by mus lims for holding my boyfriends hand in the street.. in my own country. Coukd of easiky killed us. We are sick of it. Why would we want that? We want our country back, we want our lives back and we want our freedom back. You seriously need to grow up and get your head of the clouds where you think everything is rainbows and unicorns.

[@matthewpumford4472]

We in “wales” it’s Cymru and cymraig that’s what we want now

[@gaynormainwaring1853]

Yes, we should be promoting the use of Cymru, getting rid of the country being called Wales.

[@BreninCoel]

Cymru a Cymraeg!

[@user-vp8mu5fj7o]

We are still here!

[@achebwahs1111]

I'm all in for pride in culture and pride in tradition. Not in for pride in a flag, nor rating one's own culture above anothers. Much love to humanity for its differences, colors and way of life on this beautiful blue green marble flying through the infinite potential that is the universe. Our home.

[@iwanevans5778]

When the country next door took away your flag, your rights, actively tried to kill your language until the 90s you kinda start having to do that to tell them shove off

[@willeymiller4760]

Ok as always great reaction and breakdown love that we never stop the world journey ad keep finding new places and artists from them I enjoyed this one thanks for the ride today as always your ride or die forever EyyyyOoooo

[@reddragonready]

The song reminds me of the Israeli entry to Eurovision 1983 "Chai" and the singer reminds me of Bluegrass ( which comes from the UK immigrant's folk heritage among other things) great Ralph Stanley. There is btw also a great video on youtube of a lone Welsh football fan singing along to his national anthem surrounded by French fans..it is awesome..as is the French fans' reaction

[@ieuanwilding5993]

Diolch yn fawr for checking this out. We love a sing song and a laugh, but we are extremely passionate people. Love your insight into the song. Cymru am byth!!!!!!!

[@leelalealein]

Thank you for picking up on the lyrics and their meaning in your reaction. The song itself is already having a goosebumps vibe but the lyrics... 👌🏼

[@truthbeforeopinions941]

I would recommend Suo Gan! People often confuse it for being Chinese, but it is in fact from Wales.

[@iisotter8944]

Diolch yn fawr Rosaline, not the greatest example of singing from Cymru, but it is all about the meaning. Dafydd is pronounced more closely to Daveth, 1 F = V, 2 FF=F, double DD is more a TH, sound but uniquely Welsh sounding, and Y is a vowel. Welsh people were forced to speak English at school and wear wooden boards around their necks saying "Welsh Not", not quite like other nations, the English actively tried to irradicate the Welsh language and Welsh identity through violence and abuse. Hundreds of years of poems, tales and songs would have been lost, since many were not written down but shared.

[@DeanImperato]

You have really, trully, understood this ❤

[@peterhowells7309]

Greetings from Scotland! *But* because, by birth, I am a Welshman I will say *"Croeso I Gymru, Gwlad Y Ddraig Goch!" (Welcome to Wales, Land of The Red Dragon!)* 😂😂 Jeez, my Welsh is rusty! But to be fair I was only 19yo when I left for my honeymoon in The Scottish Highlands. And 50 years later, I'm still here (and still married to the same lady!) 😊 A slight oddity in Welsh is a single "F" is said as a "V" and a double "FF" is said as an "F" then a Single "D" is said as a "D" but a double "DD" is said as a "TH" sound so Dafydd (David) is said as Davith (sort of) Don't ask what else because it gets very, very complicated to pronounce! Now you know why I have a great love for singing and music Rosalie! While I'm here can I please ask for a reaction to 2 new releases from Diana Ankudinova - it's been a while! 😊 Both have a very modern sound. "Like a Waterfall" (Photoshoot) kzbin.info/www/bejne/b16Xnnd-gtGXi5Y "With a clean slate"kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2HdiKevoNmKgbM

[@rosalieelliottofficial]

how cool!! :) Greetings! :)

[@peterhowells7309]

@@rosalieelliottofficial 😊

[@drewwilliams6888]

Yr Alban am byth Scotland forever.

[@peterhowells7309]

@@drewwilliams6888 Hey Drew! That's a nice message Sir! I was born in South Wales and married a girl from Brecon! We went on honeymoon to the Northern Scottish Highlands and decided to stay! We celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary in Edinburgh last weekend! I always felt at home among our Celtic cousins and all my family now are born in Scotland! So where does that lovely Welsh surname come from Drew? My family (Howells) came from Williams, Turners and Howells families. My wife is from Davies lineage.

[@peterhowells7309]

@@drewwilliams6888 I still have 3 brothers and a sister in and around Brecon area. Probably they are the bearers of the name! 😂 Interesting side story, my family surname should be HOWELL, but a drunken great grandfather registered the birth of his son incorrectly putting an S on the name - and it has been Howells ever since! 😂

[@Tom-nc1lq]

im from a part of wales with a really weird new years tradition, we have a horse skull and decorate it with feathers and ribbons going from door to door entering peoples homes, its called Mari Lwyd.

[@Weareeverything2023]

The real magic in this song, is it has helped galvanise a Nation into saving its language. I remember how close the language came to dying out, it was not that long ago on several hundred people could speak Welsh fluently, after the decision to teach it in the schools etc it has become much stronger and will survive, unlike some other Nations where their language has been lost to most.

[@peteredwards4620]

"it was not that long ago only SEVERAL HUNDRED people could speak Welsh fluently". When? At worst, 1991 census, 18.5% of population spoke welsh. 18.5% of 3.5 million people, is 640,000

[@MabDarogan2]

It's not religious. The song is about us surviving inspite of being a small country with a big, bullying neighbour called England.

[@meryljenkins7079]

Thank you for getting it and understanding xxx Diolch yn fawr iawn cariad X

[@Red_Snappa]

Loved watching you...watching this! I also love the fact you have a beaming smile watching the patriotism, of _other_ nations, (which I'm sure you will obviously also have for your own!) I also appreciate the fact that 'Wales'....as a country, is finally starting to be recognised worldwide - and that we (...along with Scotland & Northern Ireland AND... England), all form the UNITED KINGDOM (aka....the UK!) Is it because this seems to coincide with the exposure we have received since a certain Ryan Reynolds & Rob McElhenney took ownership of Wrexham AFC?? 🤔

[@3vwhat3r]

Thank you so much for this. Rwyt tI’n yma o hyd. Love from Wales. Diolch

[@n8nate]

Extremely intelligent and thought provoking comments on this vid. Fantastic!! ❤❤ (Subbed) xx

[@bujin1977]

This should be our national anthem.

[@Khumry]

The welsh language is from the middle east it's not the same as the european languages. you can use the welsh language to read eygption hiorglyphs get the book ( cymroglyphics.)

[@oshkoshbigosh11]

Diolch yn fawr, not quite saying it right but you’ll get there. Yma o hyd! Cymru am byth!

[@akaxboxoddboiock9792]

I have Wales and the Welsh dragon tattooed on back of my neck,makes no difference where I die on this planet they know where to send my body home

[@bengarrionphoenix4207]

Um- ma- oh-heed x❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@wolfwise44]

I can't help but be reminded that deep pride is a product of opression, as found in all our history and it's significance should never be deminnished.

[@benjamin-ri2do]

As a welsh man thank you

[@DoctorCymraeg]

4:20 Me and my little boy 😍 Danke | Diolch

[@JacquelineFox-xo6jn]

Hon. You know the choir sang the roof off. Dafydd. He only has to show his face.... And We are. In On It.🎵🎼🎶✔️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@huwgriffith1138]

Welsh is a Celtic language alongside Scots and Irish Gaelic. They are all much older than English. The Celtic people are the Ancient Britons.

[@siarlb8115]

How do you assess the age of a language? Scots is not a Celtic language

[@deborahhatcher6214]

Welsh’s nearest language brethren are Cornwall and Brittany

[@verali164]

It is​@@siarlb8115

[@julieholden7343]

Try the Welsh national anthem at the national stadium when Wales are playing an international rugby match at home, fills your heart to be Welsh.

[@whendytayor2652]

Welsh and proud

[@garethpugsley7040]

Please react to the Live performance of this, I literally cry with pride :D

[@Penddraig7]

Dafydd is pronounced Da-vith Da as in dam a single F in welsh is the equivalent of V in English and the Y because it’s in the last syllable of the word is the equivalent of I in English and DD is the equivalent of TH in English. Iwan is pronounced ee-oo-an. The I in this instance is an Ee as in keep sound. W is oo as in book. So Iwan sounds like Ewan as in Ewan McGregor

[@ljones7942]

Just to add- it's Th as in 'the' not 'think' :)

[@geordieainslie7536]

@Penddraig. Diolch am esbonio, tipyn bach o ‘ramdeg Gymraeg, i helpu y boble di- Cymraeg i ddeall. “Chap Da”

[@iwanevans5778]

nope Iwan is explained completely wrong, I feel like am an authority on this

[@Penddraig7]

@@iwanevans5778 you might pronounce it differently but that’s how it’s pronounced traditionally when you use correct grammar and it’s how every Iwan I know is pronounced

[@iwanevans5778]

@Penddraig7 its nothing at all like Ewan, every Iwan ive met pronounces it like i do more like ew - an just admit youre wrong pal, im first lang on both sides pretty confident I can say my own name

[@Socrates_1775]

I've been digging your reaction. How about checking out a Polynesian metal band from New Zealand called Shepherds Reign? Their song Le Manu is a great start! They even opened for the Hu when the Hu toured New Zealand 🤘😊🤘

[@fuzzyduck5668]

Hi Rosalie, I'm loving your reactions to Ren's videos (very raw and emotive like Ren's music) and it has lead me to this video. I thought you might like to know that the bridge at 8:09 is the Menai Bridge over the Menai straits where Ren's friend Joe lost his life. Diolch, Cymru Am Byth.

[@thelmarose2782]

It is not a folk song it is the anthem for the Welsh Nationalist Party, which has been adopted and sung at Rugby matches.

[@redsidebiker]

Rosalie, nice reaction to our 2nd National Anthem and standing up for our Language etc. If you want to see Cymru sing our anthem properly, check out 2013 Wales v England in the 6 Nations Rugby. Watch the whole thing and please let me know what you think. Also, for somone with no Welsh lessons ever, you are doing very well with pronunciations of our language.

[@WelshmanSudios]

fantastic, thank you for covering ux, we are proud that we were the first in the world sing a nation anthem, against the Hakka against the all blacks back in the 18C, I BET IT'S BEEN COVERED IN THE COMMENTS, I love how many Americans are now learning about us also, so many come to visit. and we're so friend;ly to those that come to visit. so many beautiful places in Wales to visit, the castles, scenery, waterfalls it is something out of the Lord of the rings, allot of film makers come here to film .Diolch

[@bethbaum9999]

Boom sum1 did it!!!

[@pault1964]

I have welsh relatives with dark eyes and skin,Spanish Amanda some sailors landed there same as the coast of Ireland

[@megw7312]

Macsen Wledig’s mother was from part of what is now Spain. His father was a prince of Prydain and true heir to the emperor.

[@davarjos]

Annibyniaeth

[@TheTruthstalker]

Great reaction!

[@morgs4mountains]

As a Welshman, Yma o Hyd brings tears to my eyes on each and every occasion. The key thing about this folk song is that the language survives despite the efforts of past English political masters to try and suppress it. Children in the past were beaten in school if they spoke in Welsh and if the Welsh language had been lost then Welsh culture could have diminished.

[@rosalieelliottofficial]

Wow I didn’t know that. Let’s make sure to keep it alive 😊

[@verali164]

It was the same in ireland and our Irish language now is getting stronger too. Love this song, you can see and feel the passion in this man and the crowd for this song. The thing is i don't understand why the English tried to wipe out the irish language, Welsh language and also the Scottish language but this didn't happen in other countries they colonised.

[@Alicatt1]

Thanks for looking at some of the UK's other native language songs, my favourite Welsh band is still Edward H. Dafis (1973 - 1980) I was involved in making the the cassettes of some of their albums for their music company "Sain" I would have loved to go to one of their dances back in the day they looked to be great fun with some good ol Rock and/or Roll, and their protest songs are quite moving even though not being able to speak Welsh, with my favourite being "Cân mewn ofer" ( A Song in Vain) kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnXdc4uBi8qLsK8 with Welsh and English lyrics.

[@stuartgriffiths4292]

Goose bumps everything, Scarlets rugby play at their home games. When we score, we play yma o hyd ,diolch for checking it out

[@joshroberts2008]

One way to insult a Welsh person is to ask them what part of England are you from. Twll dyn Bob Saes !! Is a good way to enter a Welsh pub as a greeting and get a warm welcome. Try it especially in Bangor or Caernarfon!!

[@GwladYrHaf]

Musically speaking it’s very rare to get a thumping anthem in 3/4 time.

[@larryfroot]

This is a celebration of national survival against the odds. Of centuries against the odds.

[@BreninCoel]

Hint: Welsh f = English v, Welsh dd = English th (as in "the") and Welsh d = English d and the letter "a" is ALWAYS pronounced ah and never ay. Accordingly Dafydd is pronounced Dahvith. Surname pronounciation is approximately Eewan.

[@Kotch111]

Cymru, Welsh for Wales, is the plural of “Cymro”, meaning a Welsh person. The country is the people and the people are the country. You choose to join us, you are one of us and you are ours and we are yours.

[@megw7312]

Oh, dear, I was taught that… Cymro = Welshman. Cymraes = Welshwoman. Cymry = compatriots (the Welsh people) Cymru = Wales. Cymraeg = Welsh language.

[@Donkeh245]

The translation for this isnt exact but it makes more sense for the song and its meaning, and you can tell how much it means anyway.

[@evilme1752]

but, i do not care what anyone says, we do have the most COOLEST flag :D

[@robbpatterson6796]

You'd pronounce his name "Dav-ith U-an" at least that's the closest to English as I can get (edit:6.00[ish] you seem to get us, however at 7.20ish ,it's more likely a Christian thing due to St. Dafydd although that would definitely be an old type of view. The actual meaning is "no matter how oppressed we've been by the English; We are still here. Despite everything they've put us through, through all our hardships, we are still here and you can not break us")

[@gaynormainwaring1853]

I think Wales should be known as Cymru? Anyone else?

[@amyw6808]

I’m English and I think that’s a good idea. Identity is important.

[@marilynalexander5446]

Singing is in our blood

[@tom.parryjones]

DAV-ith EW-an is an approximate way to pronounce his name

[@eugeneglastonbury411]

Diolch.. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@CymruEmergencyResponder]

I ddweud y gwir, dan ni angen rhyddid i Gymru. Annibyniaeth rŵan! Mi fydd Cymru’n rydd!

[@jackieroberts7895]

Cymru am byth