Eisteddfodau

Eisteddfodau is the plural for the noun Eisteddfod, and refers to the general movement.

Establishment in South Africa

There have been a number of international performing arts competitions in South Africa are called eisteddfods,

A Pretoria Eisteddfod was first held in 1923.

Others include and

The word "eisteddfod" was often used to refer to ordinary cultural festivals within school contexts, the competitions usually including music, drama, and elocution, even if only one school's students participate. See for example the Bloemfontein Eistedfodd, Free State Eistedfodd, the Tygerberg International Eisteddfod

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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)

Sources

Kruger 199*, P.28;

Binge, 1969, p197 *

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