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An [[Eisteddfod]] (plural [[Eisteddfodau]]) refers to the general movement.
 
 
 
 
 
= Nature of an Eisteddfod =
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== Origins ==
 
 
 
In Welsh culture, an [[eisteddfod]] (Welsh: ə(i)ˈstɛðvɔd , plural ə(i)stɛðˈvɔdaɨ) is a referring to a Welsh festival of literature, music and performance. The tradition dates from about the 12th century, but it disappeared with the dimunition of the bardic tradition in Wales and elsewhere. made it fall into abeyance. In the 18th-century there was however a revival through the emergence of a number of informal eisteddfodau, and the tradition spread through the British Empire over the next two centuries.
 
 
 
 
 
= Establishment in South Africa =
 
 
 
According to the Wikipedia entry[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisteddfod#South_Africa] on the term [[Eisteddfod]], there have been a number of international performing arts competitions in South Africa are called eisteddfods over the years. (e.g. the [[Tygerberg International Eisteddfod]]), but the word "[[eisteddfod]]" gradually came to be used largely to refer to ordinary cultural festivals, especially  within educational contexts, the competitions focused on including presentations of music, poetry, drama and elocution by school children, even if only one school's students participate.
 
 
 
 
 
The precise date of the first South African [[eistedfodd]] is uncertain, though Wikipedia mentions that a [[Pretoria Eisteddfod]] was first held in 1923.
 
 
 
 
 
Other examples include the [[Bloemfontein Eistedfodd]], [[Free State Eistedfodd]], the [[Tygerberg International Eisteddfod]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== [[Afrikaans]] Eisteddfodau ==
 
 
 
There were also an [[Afrikaans]] language Eisteddfod, ** (For example, in 1936 the [[Kaapstadse Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging]] won first and second prize with excerpts from ''[[Gebroke Drade]]'' (Van Bruggen) and ''[[Die Kwaksalwer]]'' (Leipold)
 
 
 
== English Eisteddfodau ==
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
=== [[Eastern Cape Eisteddfod]] ===
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
= Sources =
 
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisteddfod#South_Africa
 
 
 
 
 
Kruger 199*, P.28;
 
 
 
Binge, 1969, p197 *
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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