Etifeddiaeth y Steddfod / The Legacy of the Eisteddfod

"The decision to distribute 20,000 Eisteddfod tickets to local people for free was inspired. On Sunday thousands who cannot speak Welsh came to the Maes, many of them visiting the National Eisteddfod for the first time. Welsh was everywhere and could be heard by everyone – on the signs, in the Pafiliwn, on the Maes, in the shops, on the menus in the cafes. The Eisteddfod showed clearly to thousands of local people that Welsh language and culture is far from dead, full of energy, and full of life. Perhaps for the first time in their lives thousands of people from Gwent were at the centre of a major event where Welsh was the main language, the language of the majority. I really hope that the attitudes of many change in the light of this experience."

http://waleshome.org/2010/08/etifeddiaeth-y-steddfod-the-legacy-of-the-eisteddfod/