Crowds march through colourful Cardiff to celebrate St David’s Day
The annual St David’s Day parade was the first since 2017 after last year’s event was called off due to snow.
An annual parade has taken place in Cardiff as Wales celebrates St David’s Day.
More than 200 people took part in the march through the city centre of the Welsh capital, while hundreds more lined the streets to celebrate the country’s patron saint.
On Friday, a much larger crowd dressed in traditional clothing and carrying Welsh flags marched through the streets of Cardiff.
The traditional procession, led by performer Meic Peterson dressed as St David, is made up of local people, theatrical performers and choir groups marching and singing across the city centre.
There the crowd joined in a rousing rendition of the Welsh national anthem Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau.
Neil McEvoy, an independent Assembly Member in the Welsh Assembly, called for the Welsh Government to follow the examples of Ireland and Scotland and make celebrations of their patron saint a public holiday.
“Make St David’s Day a festival. Go to Ireland, go to Dublin, see them celebrate Irishness. Go to Scotland, see how they celebrate Scottishness. What we need to do is invest in our national event, St David’s Day.”
