{"id":20344,"date":"2013-12-03T13:20:25","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T13:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=20344"},"modified":"2013-12-03T13:20:25","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T13:20:25","slug":"celtic-radical-evokes-ancient-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2013\/12\/03\/celtic-radical-evokes-ancient-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Radical evokes ancient spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lying on sheepskin rugs on the floor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chapter.org\/\">Chapter Arts Centre<\/a> are the audience, while two figures draped in wool sing, dance and chant around them.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chapter.org\/celtic-radical-need-roots\"><i>The Need for Roots<\/i><\/a>, a performance created and performed by the <a href=\"http:\/\/celticradicals.tumblr.com\/\">Celtic Radical<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20353\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 470px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/12\/123.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20353 \" alt=\"Celtic Radical draw inspiration from traditional Celtic dances such as Irish 'c\u00e9il\u00ed' and a type of Welsh Morris dancing called 'nantgawr' \" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/12\/123-470x312.jpg\" width=\"470\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20353 \" alt=\"Celtic Radical draw inspiration from traditional Celtic dances such as Irish 'c\u00e9il\u00ed' and a type of Welsh Morris dancing called 'nantgawr' \" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/12\/123-470x312.jpg\" width=\"470\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Celtic Radical draw inspiration from traditional Celtic dances such as Irish &#8216;c\u00e9il\u00ed&#8217; and a type of Welsh Morris dancing called &#8216;nantgawr&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Siriol Joyner from Abergavenny and Ruair\u00ed, Donovan from Cork founded the group in 2008 and are both fluent in their native languages. 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