Cornish spoken in publicPirantide is a time of major celebrations; with parades and dancing all over the duchy.
MAGA’s staff were working hard at multiple events, although perhaps not quite so hard as the musicians playing at so many events across Cornwall. The language often gets forgotten even though it is integral to our culture and so it was good to see at least one bakery post a quick translation guide on their counter. At the Redruth event, Murdoch house hosted Cornish poetry by Pol Hodge and Cllr Bert Biscoe, while the Truro parade included bilingual speeches from Grand Bard Maureen Fuller, Cllr Bert Biscoe and Stephen Gainey who presented the best shop window award to Trevails. Other events also included the language to a greater or lesser extent. One step towards wider usage was the MAGA Pirantide bingo game which encouraged people to use seasonal phrases and listen out for other people using them. This proved popular on our social media pages and it was picked up by some schools for use by students. |
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No one could possibly attend all of the events, and there
were some additional events not listed in our last
newsletter. 