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THE ritual of the present-day Welsh Gorsedd, while it attracts the curious crowd, arouses the indignation of many sober-minded nationalists, who deplore the tendency to “popery” so manifest in their fellows. But while these good people remain outside the mystic circle to rail and storm, every effort to persuade the bards to give up the Gorsedd and its ceremonies has been unavailing. The Gorsedd of the bards has grown year by year in its influence upon the life of the nation until, it has become the centre of authority for holding the only truly national assembly of the Welsh people—the National Eisteddfod.
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GRIFFITH, W. The Welsh Gorsedd . Nature 80, 468–470 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/080468b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/080468b0