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Welsh cuisine (Welsh: Ceginiaeth Cymreig) encompasses the cooking styles, traditions and recipes associated with Wales.While there are many dishes that can be considered Welsh due to their ingredients and/or history, dishes such as cawl, Welsh rarebit, laverbread, Welsh cakes, bara brith and Glamorgan sausage have all been regarded as symbols of Welsh food.
The daffodil is the national flower of Wales, worn on St David's Day (1 March) in Wales. The daffodil may be known as Welsh: cenhinen Bedr (Saint Peter's leek). [24] The Sessile Oak, also called the Welsh Oak is the national tree of Wales. [25] The red kite is sometimes named as the national symbol of wildlife in Wales. [26]
Cawl, pronounced "Kah-ool", [9] can be regarded as Wales' national dish. [10] Dating back to the 11th century, [ 10 ] originally it was a simple broth of meat (most likely lamb) and vegetables, it could be cooked slowly over the course of the day whilst the family was out working the fields. [ 11 ]
The word cawl in Welsh is first recorded in the 14th century, and is thought to come from the Latin caulis, meaning the stalk of a plant, a cabbage stalk or a cabbage. An alternative suggestion is that it is from Latin calidus, sometimes already in Classical Latin shortened to caldus, meaning "warm", as this is the source of Spanish caldo, with the senses of broth or gravy. [5]
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales performs in Wales and internationally. [105] The Welsh National Opera is based at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay, [106] while the National Youth Orchestra of Wales was the first of its type in the world. [107] Tom Jones performing with Janis Joplin in 1969. Wales has had a number of successful ...
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Symbols of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man is a list of the national symbols of the United Kingdom, its constituent countries (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), and the Crown Dependencies (the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man). Each separate entry has its own set of unique symbols.