CELTIC STRENGTH
Storytelling
Physical Prowess
Landscape
Stories are the bridges. The bridges connecting language, poetry, food, belief, life outlook, and music to cultural identity and place. Stories of feats of strength in all its forms, tied to place, are a deep part of Celtic culture.
Strength of body, through strength of mind and spirit. The Celts upheld strength and sport. We help preserve and enrich physical heritage traditions so they stay alive and relevant to a modern world.
Culture is inseparable from the landscape of nations. Ancient sites have served as physical anchors for Celtic heritage because nature was viewed as an animate force. Places are alive, connected to the people in them.​
CELTIC SPORTS
The Celtic year was structured around seasonal festivals - e.g. Samhain, Imbolc, Bealtaine, and Lughnasadh - which gave people a reason to celebrate the different weather cycles of growth, harvest, and rebirth into another year. At these festivals were all kinds of heritage traditions and customs. Among them were the Celtic sports. These included:
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- Feats of Strength: Stonelifting, Heavy Weight or Object Lifting, Weight Throwing, Tug-of-War
- Sports: Hurling / Shinty / Bando / Cammag, Gaelic Football, Gaelic Handball / Pêl-Llaw, Rounders / Welsh Baseball, Cnapan
- Wrestling: Backhold, Collar and Elbow, Cornish, Devonshire, Manx, Gouren
- Martial Arts: Bataireacht / La Canne, (Stickfighting), Fencing, Scottish Staff / Le Bâton, Dornálaíocht (Bare-Knuckle Boxing), Speachóireacht (Kicking Arts)
One goal of ours to help people remember a life in balance of the seasons, with themselves healthfully in it.
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