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Pererin Wyf #4 Pamela Petro ‘Dod i Gymru trwy lens hiraeth: pererindod a chwest’

Pererin Wyf / Is Oilithreach Mé / I am a Pilgrim is a participatory arts project seeking to connect with the Welsh and Irish diaspora with particular reference to Pembrokeshire and Wexford and a new cross-border pilgrimage connecting these places. The project takes its title and inspiration from an 18th century hymn by the prolific Welsh writer William Williams Pantycelyn. 

The fourth session of Pererin Wyf took place on the 10th November with a presentation by author Pamela Petro who writes, 

 “Every pilgrimage (even the ones you don’t know you’re on) is also a quest.”

Pamela approached the theme of Pilgrimage within, to, and outside of Wales through the lens of ‘hiraeth’ a Welsh word notoriously hard to translate but often defined as longing or homesickness.

Pererin Wyf has been commissioned by the Ancient Connections Project led by Pembrokeshire County Council with partners Wexford County Council, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority and Visit Wexford. It is funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Ireland Wales Co-operation Programme.

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