Welshness
Being from Wales
Welshness is the quality of being Welsh—having the characteristics, culture, or identity associated with Wales.
The term captures what distinguishes Welsh people, language, traditions, and sensibility: The choir's harmonies embodied a certain Welshness.
Like Scottishness or Irishness, it names a national character that resists precise definition but remains recognizable to those who share it.
Inherited cultural legacy
- bardicOf lyric poets
- CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- hymnsReligious songs of worship
rugby · choirs · leek · daffodil · St David · nationalism · hiraeth · pride
Low areas between hills
- mountainsTall elevated landmasses
- SnowdoniaWelsh mountain national park
- coastlineLand-water boundary
- castlesFortified royal residences
slate · mining · chapels · terraces · Cardiff · Swansea · Anglesey · Pembrokeshire
Transferring power locally
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- independenceFreedom from external control
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
assembly · autonomy · governance · representation · activism · referendum · Secretary of State
Proficiency in two languages
- mutationsAlterations in genetic sequence
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- place namesGeographic designations
- revivalReturn after decline
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
hymns · rugby · choirs · leek · daffodil · St David · nationalism · hiraeth · pride · identity
valleys
Low areas between hills
castles · slate · mining · chapels · terraces · Cardiff · Swansea · Anglesey · Pembrokeshire · landscape
devolution
Transferring power locally
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- independenceFreedom from external control
nationalism · assembly · autonomy · governance · representation · activism · referendum · Secretary of State
bilingualism
Proficiency in two languages
- mutationsAlterations in genetic sequence
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- place namesGeographic designations
revival · preservation · first language · signage · education
Welshnessassimilation
Absorbing into a whole
anglicization · cultural erasure · rootlessness · statelessness
Welshnesscultural assimilation
Adopting another group's norms
cultural erasure · homogenisation · denationalization · rootlessness