WELSH NATIONAL DRESS
Added on: 1st Mar 2014
THE POPULAR IMAGE OF WELSH 'NATIONAL' DRESS,
OF A WOMAN IN A RED CLOAK AND TALL BLACK HAT,
IS ONE WHICH LARGELY DEVELOPED DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
IT WAS PART OF A CONSCIOUS REVIVAL OF WELSH CULTURE
DURING A PERIOD WHEN TRADITIONAL VALUES WERE UNDER THREAT.
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