e-Keltoi: Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies Volume 1 Diaspora Article 2 7-27-2006 Transplanted Traditions: An Assessment of Welsh Lore and Language in Argentina Maria Teresa Agozzino University of California, Berkeley Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.uwm.edu/ekeltoi Part of the Celtic Studies Commons, English Language and Literature Commons, Folklore Commons, History Commons, History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Commons, Linguistics Commons, and the Theatre History Commons Recommended Citation Agozzino, Maria Teresa (2006) "Transplanted Traditions: An Assessment of Welsh Lore and Language in Argentina," e-Keltoi: Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies: Vol. 1 , Article 2. Available at: https://dc.uwm.edu/ekeltoi/vol1/iss1/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by UWM Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in e-Keltoi: Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies by an authorized administrator of UWM Digital Commons. For more information, please contact open-
[email protected]. Transplanted Traditions: An Assessment of Welsh Lore and Language in Argentina Maria Teresa Agozzino, University of California, Berkeley Abstract For more than a hundred years, Welsh language and culture have survived in the Chubut province of Patagonia, Argentina. While the various stages of Welsh settlement have been well recorded in English, Welsh and Spanish, little or no research has been published concerning the folklore of the pioneers' descendants who have clung to their Welsh heritage while unreservedly accepting an Argentine identity. During May and June of 1999, I spent five weeks immersed in the Welsh communities in order to test my hypothesis of survivals and/or marginal survivals of Welsh folklore.