{"id":32796,"date":"2019-02-19T10:47:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T10:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=32796"},"modified":"2019-02-19T10:47:30","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T10:47:30","slug":"myths-sausages-and-cyclists-at-penarth-winter-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/19\/myths-sausages-and-cyclists-at-penarth-winter-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Myths, sausages and cyclists at Penarth Winter Festival\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE people of Penarth are celebrating the official end of winter with festivities inspired by the success of last year’s\u00a0National Eisteddfod of Wales<\/a>, held in Cardiff.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u201cOf course, some people are asking \u2018Isn’t it a bit short notice to have such a whole town event?\u2019 But we say, if they can organise a full international Brexit in eight weeks, we can create a town carnival in three weeks.\u201d say festival organisers.
\nThe carnival is set to be an unusual, and slightly mad affair.\u00a0<\/span>
\nTwo rival butchers will be creating their own carnival sausages and there will be\u00a0a\u00a0soup disco and a laughing workshop.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nOn the final day there will be pancakes on the pier and a Mardi Gras themed party.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nRichard Parry, a local singer and festival fan said: \u201cPart of the inspiration for the style of the carnival comes from the book\u00a0Rabelais and His World<\/em> by the Russian philosopher, Mikhail Bakhtin.\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u201cIn the text he talks about what market and town life was like before the printing press took over and before the language of print got into our culture and that is partly what we are exploring at this festival.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u201cSo, although there is some social media, there is not a huge amount and it is mostly being spread through word of mouth.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nIn keeping with this theme, the\u00a0festival will begin with a\u00a0cycle ride\u00a0inspired by one of\u00a0the tales from the\u00a0Mabinogion<\/a>; a collection of some of the earliest oral stories in Britain.\u00a0<\/span>
\nDave Hann, a long-distance cyclist, artist and bicycle mechanic will set of on a 200-mile journey from Penarth to Harlech to bring the North Wales town news of the carnival.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
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