While Halloween these days consists of a mish-mash of carved pumpkins, fake cobwebs and sugary sweets, it wasn’t always that way – at least not in Wales. Nos Calan Gaeaf, translated from Winter's Eve ...

CELEBRATE the Celtic New Year this Hallowe’en with Calan Gaeaf. CELEBRATE the Celtic New Year this Hallowe’en with Calan Gaeaf. The successful Calan Gaeaf Festival returns again to St Illtyd’s Church, ...

Children throughout Wales will be dressed in witch or ghost costumes come October 31, going from door to door, chorusing “trick or treat” in the hope of receiving sweets. In other words, the scene ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For centuries, midway between the autumn equinox and winter solstice, the Welsh people have celebrated Calan Gaeaf on November 1.

Mae'r dreigiau yn profi eu Calan Gaeaf cyntaf ac mae'r cyfan yn dipyn o sypreis i'r dreigiau bach. The dragons experience their first Halloween and it's all a surprise for the l ...

Merthyr's festival coincides with Calan Gaeaf - the ancient Welsh festival in october when spirits came to life from the first day of winter. Merthyr's festival coincides with Calan Gaeaf - the ...

For centuries, midway between the autumn equinox and winter solstice, the Welsh people have celebrated Calan Gaeaf on November 1. Nos Galan Gaeaf or “the evening before the first day of winter”, falls ...