- Reports on 2010 old new year celebrations.
- 14 Jan 2010 ... Residents of the Gwaun Valley made the effort to celebrate Hen Galan ..."They struggled through the snow to ensure the age old tradition is kept alive. ... Hen Galan is the old new year as marked by the Julian calendar. ...
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14 Jan 2010 ... Local tradition means they follow the Julian calendar, rather than the more ..."Their 91-year-old great grandmother, who was brought up in the valley, ... Archive footage ofNew Year celebrations in the Gwaun Valley ...
news.bbc.co.uk/local/southwestwales/hi/.../newsid.../8459457.stm - CachedWelsh valley sticks to the Julian calendar

- 4 min - 13 Jan 2008 -Uploaded by RussiaToday
Villagers in a tiny Welsh community may not realise it, but they have something in common with pre-revolution Russia. They are marking New ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q8SVJ4CAHo - Related videosGwaun Valley - Visit Pembrokeshire for accommodation, coast path ...
3 Dec 2010 ... The Gwaun Valley is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and has a unique ... and Llanychaer uphold a unique tradition - they still celebrate New Year's Day on 13th January according to the old Gregorian calendar! ...
www.visitpembrokeshire.com/content.asp?id=1988 - Cached - SimilarGwaun Valley, Wales - Do You Travel::View Blog
17 Oct 2007 ... They, for instance, celebrate New Year – or Hen Galan – on 13th January, according to the old Julian calendar, rather than the new fangled ...
www.doyoutravel.com/blogs/gwuan/ - CachedTraditions Uk - New Year
Of course, the change to the Julian calendar in 1752 meant that January 12th ... There are still a few old New Year traditions that persist here in the ... in the remote Gwaun Valleythey still celebrate Christmas and New Year (Nos ...
www.traditions-uk.freeservers.com/newyear.html - CachedValley celebrates New Year's Day - Wales News - News - WalesOnline
13 Jan 2007 ... A WELSH community is paying homage to an old calendar and celebrating its second New Year's Day today. Communities in Pembrokeshire's Gwaun ...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/...news/tm_headline=valley-celebrates-new-year-s-day&method=full&objectid=18461142&siteid=50082-name... - Cached- [PDF]
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wooded Gwaun Valley to the sea at. Fishguard. The valley is a relict of the ... calendar in the 18th century and the. Old New Year, Hen Galan, is still ...
www.pembrokeshirecoast.org.uk/Files/files/Walk%20PDF/.../gelli_fawr.pdf The Gwaun Valley, setting of Tregynon 14th Century Farmhouse ...
Legends, traditions and old customs abound. Even the 'Old New Year' - Hen Galan - is still celebrated in the Gwaun Valley on the 13th January of each year. ... that the local populace retained the 'Julian' calendar while the rest of ...
www.online-holidays.net/tregynon/gwaun_valley.php3 - CachedPembrokeshire 'New Year' snowed off in Gwaun - Manchester News
13 Jan 2010 ... Archive footage of New Year celebrations in the Gwaun Valley. The Juliancalendar was abolished controversially in 1752 and replaced with the ... A 40-year-oldcriminology student who described himself as the "crossbow ...
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