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Carwyn Jones grateful to Chubut for helping preserve Welsh language and culture
Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones said it was an honor and a privilege to be in Chubut for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the first Welsh settlers arrival in Patagonia, and thanked provincial governor Martin Buzzi for organizing the event and helping to preserve Welsh traditions, culture and language. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesDid Think attend? Probably snuggled down with a bottle of Meths somewhere?
Jul 28th, 2015 - 07:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0All this false bonhomie doesnt fool anyone. Argentinas evil colonialist ambitions are plain for all to see.
Spanish colonialism good and celebrated.
Jul 28th, 2015 - 07:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0Welsh colonialism good and celebrated.
Why does Argentina SAY it is against colonialism when its actions indicate the opposite?
They're just argies. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_in_Patagonia
Jul 28th, 2015 - 12:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“in the early 21st century around 50,000 Patagonians were of Welsh descent.
The Welsh-Argentine community is centred on Gaiman, Trelew and Trevelin. Chubut estimates the number of Patagonian Welsh speakers to be about 1,500, while other estimates put the number at 5,000.”
Does that mean only 3% of the “Welsh” speak Welsh. That's preservation? The 3% will be the old ones who haven't had it beaten out of them yet.
Visiting BBC Orchestra , better get their windscreens toughened just in case or arrive in full metal jacket if going to visit the asylum
Jul 28th, 2015 - 02:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It seems that the genuine article (Wales) isn't quite as genuine as previous years!
Jul 28th, 2015 - 07:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0This from the government of Wales (pop: less than Uruguay and that's only 3.3 M): (Census 2011, reported in 2014, only 2.0M think of themselves as Welsh)
”Between 2001 and 2011 the percentage of the population of Wales describing their ethnic group as White British fell from 96.0 per cent to 93.2 per cent.
Non-white (including mixed) ethnic groups represented 4.0 per cent of the population in 2011, up from 2.1 per cent in 2001.
Those describing their ethnic group as Asian are the second largest ethnic group in Wales.
Between 2001 and 2011 the percentage of the population of Wales describing their ethnic group as Asian doubled from 1.1 per cent (32,000) to 2.3 per cent (71,000).
Nearly two-thirds (66 per cent, 2.0 million) of the residents of Wales expressed their national identity as Welsh in 2011. Of these 218,000 also reported that they considered themselves to be British.
A third of the population of Wales (34.1 per cent) said that they had no Welsh identity.
Between 2001 and 2011 the percentage of the population of Wales giving their religion as Christian fell from 71.9 per cent to 57.6 per cent.
Between 2001 and 2011 the percentage of the population of Wales saying that they had no religion increased by nearly half a million (from 18.5 per cent to 32.1 per cent).”
What a confused lot they are, apart from the Muslims.
Decades ago his would be called TREASON
Jul 28th, 2015 - 08:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0today its called political appeasement
tomorrow it may well be called argentine Malvinas,
the Falkland's government should demand, DEMAND the British government put a stop to this now.
“tomorrow it may well be called argentine Malvinas,”
Jul 28th, 2015 - 08:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0exactly.
well said britonto
Here is a link to the telephone white pages for Chubut .
Jul 29th, 2015 - 12:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.buenosaires.com/GuiaTelefonica/guiatelefonica_provincia_chubut.htm
I bet there are hardly any welsh names in there , and if you phone them in welsh , they'll think you're speaking martian .
This whole celebration is drivel .
@ 8 Usurping Pirate
Jul 29th, 2015 - 07:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“I bet there are hardly any welsh names in there”
I asked for 'Jones' and this is what I got (centred on the page):
“RESULTADOS:
NO HAY DATOS QUE COINCIDAN CON SU SOLICITUD
INTENTAR DE NUEVO?”
You were correct!
Ha, ha, ha.
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