Hen Galan, the Old Welsh New Year, was marked in Penarth today, 11 January, with a brilliant celebration along the seafront. Locals kept the tradition alive by rolling the mythical giant’s head Bendigeidfran (Bran the Blessed) as part of the celebration, They stopped at restaurants and cafes along the beachfront, joined by a Mari Lwyd – a horse skull dressed on a pole as part of a traditional Welsh celebration in which revellers knock doors and, through song, ask for hospitality before being inv

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