Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
Postcard from Patagonia: âWe will cheer for Argentina, but in Welshâ
This Welsh community in Argentina will have divided loyalties while watching from the other side of the world
www.theguardian.com
In Trelew, the doors of Asociación San David will be thrown open to hundreds of people with a cinema screen; welcoming families from around the area to watch the quarter-final between the two sides. Across the country, in Trevelin, they are putting together a big event at Ysgol y Cwm, one of three Welsh-Spanish bilingual schools in the region, to watch the game. The students have built a giant Welsh dragon to add atmosphere and members of the community have prepared Welsh cakes and teisen ddu, the traditional Welsh black cake, which will be washed down with tea rather than beer.
I expect there will be a great atmosphere tomorrow.
I love this young mans comments.
Tomos Luque from Esquel, who plays rugby for the local team, says: “I play rugby in Patagonia and I am Argentinian, but my mother’s family migrated from Wales to Patagonia in the 1870s and we are still very proud of our Welsh heritage.
“But when it comes to Saturday, we think the Pumas of Argentina will savage the Dragon of Wales and we will cheer the Pumas in Welsh. If the Welsh were playing the English, of course, it would be different!”
I think we are playing too well to lose this one.