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St. David's Day

• It's the fest day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales and it falls on 1st March each year.
• Tradition holds that he died on that day in possibly 569 or 588. It was declared by a national day in the 18th century
• In the year 2000 become this day a public holiday.
• To mark the day, Welsh people around the world wear one of their national emblems.(leek or daffodil

 The coat of Arms of the Principality of Wales which are used by the Prince Charles in his standart.

• Parades. The largest is in the Cardiff and is formally attended by British Monarch or Prince of the Wales
• Celebrations includes concerts, a parade and a food festival.

• Children in Wales take part in school concerts. Recitation and singing being the main activities
  
• He was famous as a teacher and preacher. Founded - monastic settlements and churches in Wales 
  - St David's Cathedral

  
  

  David's popularity in Wales is shown by the Armes Prydein Fawr, of around 930, a popular poem which prophesied that in the future, when all might seem lost, the Cymry (the Welsh people) would unite behind the standard of David to defeat the English
  
  David was officially recognised at the Vatican by the Pope Callixtus II in 1120, thanks to the work of Bernard, Bishop of the St.David's Cathedral.
  
  LEGEND
  Saint David is also thought to be associated with corpse candles, lights that would warn of the imminent death of a member of the community. The story goes that David prayed for his people to have some warning of their death, so that they could prepare themselves. In a vision, David's wish was granted and told that from then on, people who lived in the land of Saint David "would be forewarned by the dim light of mysterious tapers when and where the death might be expected." The color and/or size of the tapers indicated whether the person to die would be a woman, man, or child
  
  
  
  

  
  

  keyword: leek- pórek

      daffodil- narcis

  
  

      corpse candles- ,,světla varující před smrtí" 

  
  

      tapers - svíce

  
  

      preacher - kazatel 

  
  
  

      the Pope - papež

  
  

      Bishop - biskup 

  
  
  

   
  
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcSyFjPv8Jo
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-FOkkZ1rfE&NR=1&feature=endscreen folk dancing in the Cardiff