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TAIR: Daughters of Earth and Time was created and performed by storyteller and singer Esyllt Harker in 2012. For Esyllt, that performance was ‘just the beginning’ of the work’s journey. Sadly, she died before being able to develop it further. Now, in 2024, Chwedl, the Women's Storytelling Sisterhood of Wales, is proud to share Esyllt’s notes and research over three Tair weekends, stretching across a year and a day.

We invite women in Wales, and further afield, to explore and develop Esyllt’s work with us. You may attend all three workshops or just one. All women, and those who identify as women, are welcome.

On 20 September 2024, we head to south-west Wales to join Angharad Wynne for a weekend weaving history, story, pilgrimage and ceremony as we walk the land of Gwenllian’s rebel court and the battlefield where she died, explore warrior women in myth and history, and the warrior that is within us all.

Timetable for the weekend

This event is suitable for both beginner and accomplished storytellers, singers and musicians. The main language of the weekend will be English, but the facilitator is bilingual and contributions in Welsh are welcome.

FRIDAY 20 September

7pm  Welcome and Supper at Dolaucothi Arms

8.30pm  SESSION 1: Opening circle, overview of the coming weekend and Gwenllian's history and exploration of the warrior within us all.

SATURDAY 21 September

9am Meet at Pumpsaint Village Hall. SESSION 2 - Song and Story, a workshop to release the voice and body ready for this work.

11.30am SESSION 3: Pilgrimage around the landscape of Cwrt y Cadno and the territory of Gruffydd and Gwenllian's Rebel Court (bring packed lunches)

3.30pm SESSION 4: Story workshop, working on different parts of the story and or other warrior women stories in small groups. Coaching sessions and guidance available

8pm Supper at Dolaucothi Arms

Fireside stories and songs *weather dependant.

SUNDAY 22 September

9am Meet at Pumpsaint Village Hall. SESSION 5: Retelling Gwenllian's story 

1pm Lunch (bring packed lunches)

2pm Depart for Kidwelly

3.15pm SESSION 6: Walking the landscape of Gwenllian's final battle and co-creation of a simple ceremony to honour all our sisters, past and present who have defended homes and families, rights and freedoms.

5.30pm Depart.

TICKETS ARE £75 for the full weekend. This does not include accommodation, which you'll need to source yourself (there's plenty available in the area), packed lunches which you'll need to bring for yourself, and the cost of evening meals at the Dolaucothi Arms across the road. A limited number of Concessionary places are available for £50.

BOOKING IS NOW OPEN. CLICK HERE to book your place (you will be taken to Chwedl's Eventbrite site as they are managing bookings for this event)

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Crëwyd a pherfformiwyd TAIR: Marched Daear ag Amser gan y storïwr a chantores, Esyllt Harker, yn 2012. I Esyllt, ‘mond dechrau’ y daith oedd y perfformiad hwnnw. Yn anffodus, bu farw cyn iddi allu ei ddatblygu ymhellach. Nawr, yn 2024, deng mlynedd ers ei marwolaeth, mae Chwedl yn falch o’r cyfle i rannu nodiadau ac ymchwil Esyllt dros dri phenwythnos Tair, yn ymestyn ar draws blwyddyn a diwrnod.

Rydym yn gwahodd gwragedd yng Nghymru, a thu hwnt, i ymuno a ni i archwilio a datblygu gwaith Esyllt. Cewch ddod i'r tri gweithdy neu dim ond i un. Mae croeso i bob menyw, a'r rhai sy'n uniaethu fel merch.

Ar 20 Medi 2024 awn i dde-orllewin Cymru i ymuno ag Angharad Wynne am benwythnos o hanes, pererindod, stori a seremoni wrth i ni droedio tir llys Gwenllian a maes y gad lle bu farw. 

Mae'r digwyddiad hwn yn addas ar gyfer dechreuwyr a storïwyr medrus, cantorion a cherddorion. Saesneg fydd prif iaith y penwythnos, ond bydd modd trafod yn ddwyieithog a mae yna groeso cynnes i gyflwyniadau yn y Gymraeg.

DYDD GWENER 20 Medi

7pm Croeso a Swper yn Dolaucothi Arms

8.30pm SESIWN 1: Cylch agoriadol, trosolwg o'r penwythnos i ddod a hanes Gwenllian ac archwiliad o'r rhyfel-wraid y tu fewn i ni gyd.

DYDD SADWRN 21 Medi

9am Cyfarfod yn Neuadd Bentref Pumsaint. SESIWN 2 - Cân a Stori - gweithdy i baratoi'r corff a'r llais ar gyfer y gwaith

11.30am SESIWN 3: Pererindod o amgylch tirwedd Cwrt y Cadno a thiriogaeth Llys Gruffydd a Gwenllian (dewch â phecyn bwyd)

3.30pm SESIWN 4: Gweithdy stori, yn gweithio ar wahanol rannau o’r stori a/neu straeon eraill o ryfel-wragedd, mewn grwpiau bach. Sesiynau hyfforddi ac arweiniad ar gael

8pm Swper yn Dolaucothi Arms

Stori a chan o gwmpas y tân *yn ddibynnol ar y tywydd.

SUL 22 Medi

9am Cyfarfod yn Neuadd Bentref Pumsaint. SESIWN 5: Ailadrodd stori Gwenllian

1pm Cinio (dewch â phecyn bwyd)

2pm Gadael am Gydweli

3.15pm SESSIWN 6: Cerdded tirwedd brwydr olaf Gwenllian a chyd-greu seremoni syml i anrhydeddu ein holl chwiorydd, ddoe a heddiw sydd wedi amddiffyn cartrefi a theuluoedd, hawliau a rhyddid.

4.30pm SESSIWN 7: Seremoni gloi i anrhydeddu Gwenllian

5.30pm Gadael.

COST TOCYNNAU YW £75 am y penwythnos llawn. Nid yw hyn yn cynnwys llety, y bydd angen i chi drefnu eich hun (mae digon ar gael yn yr ardal), brechdanau ar gyfer cinio, a chost prydau gyda'r nos yn y Dolaucothi Arms ar draws y ffordd. Mae nifer cyfyngedig o leoedd rhatach ar gael am £50.

GALLWCH ARCHEBU LLE AR Y PENWYTHNOS YMA NAWR - CLICIWCH YMA i wneud (cewch eich trosglwyddo i dudalen Eventbrite Chwedl).