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The Cornwall Folk Festival has been held annually for more than three decades and in 2008 was staged at Wadebridge. [22] Other festivals are the pan-Celtic Lowender Peran [23] and midsummer festival Golowan. Cornwall won the PanCeltic Song Contest [24] three years in a row between 2003 and 2005. [25] 2003: Naked Feet; 2004: Keltyon Byw; 2005: Krena
The culture of Cornwall (Cornish: Gonisogeth Kernow) forms part of the culture of the United Kingdom, but has distinct customs, traditions and peculiarities. Cornwall has many strong local traditions. After many years of decline, Cornish culture has undergone a strong revival, and many groups exist to promote Cornwall's culture and language today.
Cornish folk music (4 C, 1 P) V. Music venues in Cornwall (2 P) Pages in category "Music of Cornwall" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Scottish folk music includes many kinds of songs, including ballads and laments, sung by a single singer with accompaniment by bagpipes, fiddles or harps. Traditional dances include waltzes, reels, strathspeys and jigs. Alongside the other areas of the United Kingdom, Scotland underwent a roots revival in the 1960s.
Cornwall portal; Traditional songs of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. Pages in category "Cornish folk songs" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 ...
The cultural calendar of Cornwall is punctuated by numerous historic and community festivals and celebrations. In particular there are strong links between parishes and their patronal feast days (which are often days not directly linked to official church patronal celebrations).
This is a list of Cornish musicians or other musicians resident in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
In 1980 a small festival which had outgrown its site at Polgooth in mid-Cornwall approached the Port Eliot estate and asked if it could be held in the idyllic grounds. The estate office agreed a price, and there began the Elephant Fayre, one of the most eclectic festivals of the 1980s, which was named after the elephant in the Eliot family's crest.