Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
Patagonian cradle, Welsh culture, self-preservation, Welsh-Argentine
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Anthropology
Abstract
The vitality of the Welsh culture has suffered significantly due to the pressures of globalization. Marginalized even in their homeland, the Welsh way of life was dying out due to disinterest on the part of the rising generation, something which greatly concerned the shrinking number of this people who still clung to their culture in the face of mounting pressures to accept assimilation. Even in 1865, in fact, pressures were such that 153 Welsh men, women and children left their homeland with hopes to preserve their language and their culture. The party sailed across the Atlantic towards the Patagonia—the rugged frontier of southern Argentina—and colonized what is now the Chubut province.
Recommended Citation
Snow, Bently and Grover, Dr. Mark
(2013)
"The Patagonian Cradle of Welsh Culture,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 130.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/130