Culture of Wales - Living in the UK - UKinfocus

Welsh Rugby Union

BBC - Food Heroes - Wales

Find out more about Welsh food.

Bara Brith recipe

Recipe for this traditional Welsh tea bread - bara brith is literally translated as 'speckled bread'.

	The culture of Wales


	Living in Wales

If you're asked about the culture of Wales what kinds of things do you say?
When we asked this we were immediately told about sport, music and food!

‘Sport (rugby), singing, pub culture’

‘Rugby (or rugbi in Welsh) is the national sport, passion and religion – games against the English are particularly savoured! Music and song – both popular, Stereophonics etc, and more classical, Bryn Terfyl and Katherine Jenkins.’

‘Rugby mad people – the mood of the nation can depend on the Wales team’s results. In recent years Wales has produced several good bands (Manic Street preachers, Catatonia, Stereophonics) which has movedaway from the stereoptypical Tom Jones label (although we still like Tom Jones).’

‘Friendly, welcoming people. Modern vibrant society yet still retaining much of the Welsh tradition’

‘Food – lava bread (seaweed), welsh cakes, bara brith (tea Bread), welsh lamb and beef. A very popular and trendy restaurant in Cardiff is the Armless Dragon serving Welsh dishes)’

Read all the information about England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and then do comparison activity (1) and comparison activity (2), which look at different icons and typical things from the four regions.