worship the mari llwyd for it is god

[Harlequin]

(the welsh do have culture. here's some of it.)

 

[goldenquagsire]

thats the mayor of cardiff isnt it?

 

[Murkrow]

I can't stop staring O_O

 

[Harlequin]

<3 the mari lwyd :)

yeah too many ls in the first post. it just seems /natural/ to put an L there okay.

 

[Murkrow]

I know, what's up with that? There should be another one =(

 

[Yarnchu]

....Hello goat-god-spirit-thing...

*backs away slowly from Mari Lwyd while staring in awe*

 

[Vladimir Putin's LJ]

this is what all welsh people look like.

 

[Harlequin]

....Hello goat-god-spirit-thing...

*backs away slowly from Mari Lwyd while staring in awe*

It's a revived horse! It is a good thing. It celebrates life and death etc during the "darkest days" of winter.

this is what all welsh people look like.

this is true. in all my pictures I'm wearing a fleshmask, and so are my friends. can't let the secret out!

 

[Valerunner]

...Am I the only one who thinks an armor should be made from this motif? i mean the English have their lion.

 

[Harlequin]

; ; no the mari is a symbol of rebirth and shit, not war. :(

also! the mari lwyd is only really a custom from the Glamorgan and Gwent areas. So.

 

[Valerunner]

; ; no the mari is a symbol of rebirth and shit, not war. :(

also! the mari lwyd is only really a custom from the Glamorgan and Gwent areas. So.

Hellyeah.

 

[nastypass]

how exactly is it pronounced

i mean you welsh tend to have some pretty weird pronunciations of things so