Calan Awst: The ancient Welsh harvest festival celebrated on 1 August

Nation.Cymru Staff Before the National Eisteddfod became one of Wales’ biggest summer celebrations, 1 August marked the beginning of the traditional harvest festival known as Calan Awst, or Gŵyl Awst. Observed across Wales and the wider Celtic world, it signalled the start of the harvest and one of the most important points in the agricultural…