The Mari Lwyd (Welsh: Y Fari Lwyd, [1] [ə ˈvaːri ˈlʊi̯d] ⓘ) is a wassailing folk custom in South Wales. The tradition entails the use of an eponymous hobby horse which is made from a horse's skull mounted on a pole and carried by an individual hidden under a sheet.

Jude Rogers steps into one of Wales' most eerie midwinter traditions and uncovers the origins and regional variations of the Mari Lwyd. You'll never forget the moment you first see a Mari Lwyd. She has lights or baubles for eyes. Her mane is …

Mari Lwyd is the name given to a wassailing folk custom that involves a giant horse’s skull carried from house to house. It takes place in parts of Wales during the festive season. The horse’s head is decorated with ribbons and the person carrying the head is hidden under a cloak, with a pole to control the horse’s jaw.

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2014年6月14日 · One of the most well-known Welsh customs is the Mari Lwyd, meaning 'Grey Mare', a horse-figure carried from door to door by wassail-singing groups during the Christmas season. Popular in South Wales during the 19th century, the tradition features a real horse's skull, usually decorated with coloured ribbons and rosettes and with glass bottle eyes.

This is Mari Lwyd, a midwinter, pagan tradition whereby celebrants earn food and drink only after dominating a poetry slam fronted by a skeletal face. Despite often being associated with …

THE MARI LWYD (in Welsh, Y Fari Lwyd) is one of the strangest and most ancient of a number of customs with which people in Glamorgan and Gwent used to mark the passing of the darkest days of midwinter. It's no accident that Christmas, with its emphasis on fire, lights and decorations, is celebrated at this time of year.

2024年12月25日 · Mari Lwyd, the ghostly horse who is said to emerge in Wales at this time of the year, is a skull carried by the revelers. The horse may be festooned in holly, tinsel, and other bright and jolly decorative touches you’d tend to see festooning a Christmas tree.

2017年12月21日 · One seasonal specimen that’s more likely to inspire nightmares than visions of sugar plums is the Mari Lwyd of South Wales, a festive, skeletal horse spirit with a penchant for rhymes. In the...

The Mari Lwyd is uniquely Welsh, yet part of a tradition stretching across Europe and beyond, and back in time to the earliest cave-painted shaman figures in their animal masks.