Dechrau Canu, Dechrau Canmol (1961)

Country

United Kingdom

How it feels

This is a Welsh-language television series that features congregations singing Christian hymns. It has been broadcast since 1961 and covers major Christian festivals and national events with devotional music.

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What happens

Dechrau Canu, Dechrau Canmol (Welsh for 'Start Singing, Start Praising') is a television series featuring congregational Christian singing in the Welsh language. Currently broadcast by the Welsh-language television channel S4C, it is one of the longest-running television programmes on any British television channel, the first edition having been broadcast by the BBC from Trinity Chapel, Swansea, on 1 January 1961. The programme inspired the creation of the similar English-language series Songs of Praise, which began later in the same year. The programmes celebrate important festivals and dates in the Christian calendar and place on film the celebration of important national and international occasions where the music is of a devotional and religious nature. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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