27. Dai the Dap's next stop is in Penbedw. This is a town on the Wirral in England which has a permanent and special place in Welsh history, as it held the Eisteddfod of 1917 -known as the "Black Chair Eisteddfod". Where is Dai now?
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Birkenhead
Pen = Head, Bedw = Birch. Fairly straightforward translation. The Birkenhead Eisteddfod will remain forever poignantly remembered as the Eisteddfod of the Black Chair.
The highlight of the Eisteddfod week (since the National Eisteddfod was inaugurated in 1861) has been the chairing of the winning Bard. It is a ceremony of great tradition, pomp and theatre. In 1917, the Eisteddfod was held outside of Wales in Bikenhead (it has also been held twice in London, and three times in Liverpool). The adjudication of the "blue riband" poetry competition was made, and the bardic name of the winner was announced. Traditionally, the winner sits amongst the audience, and stands up at the sounding of the "Corn Gwlad" (the heraldic horn). He is then greeted by various key druids, and led to the stage where he is further lauded and feted before being allowed to "sit in the peace of his chair".
In 1917, the name of "Hedd Wyn" was announced as the winner for his poem "Yr Arwr" (The Hero). But rather then look for the winner in the audience, a black shroud was bought onto the stage and placed over the chair. It was then announced that "Hedd Wyn's" real name was Ellis Humphrey Evans, and that he had been killed in the fields of Flanders a month previously. He had written his winning poem in the trenches, and sent it by post to the adjudicators, but before he could receive his rightful award he had lost his life.
This poignant story was made into a Welsh language film, "Hedd Wyn", in 1992. The film contrasts the stark difference between the beauty and tranquillity of Evans' native Meirioneth and the horror of the trenches of Belgium in the First World War. It was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 1993.
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