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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsHapus! Pharrell Williams' Happy gets a Welsh makeover
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/fun-stuff/pharrell-williams-happy-watch-global-7145889It was the hit of 2013, reaching Number 1 in countries around the world.
Now the feel-good smash Happy by Pharrell Williams has been translated into Welsh.
Groups of people who speak Welsh across Caerphilly have joined forces for the video, promoting the use of the language.
The short musical film, called Hapus, was produced by Welsh language initiative Menter Iaith Caerffili.
The girl whose singing leads the video was 11-year-old Cerys Lloyd from Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni school.
The original has been viewed 247 million times on YouTube .
The Welsh film stars children, learners, young people, adults and language organisations that speak, learn and socialise in Welsh in Caerphilly.
Filming has taken place across the area over the last few weeks, and the song is now available on YouTube. In June the short film will be projected onto the walls of Caerphilly Castle as part of the annual FfiliFest.
More at link, with video.
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Hapus! Pharrell Williams' Happy gets a Welsh makeover (Original Post)
geardaddy
May 2014
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hunter
(38,317 posts)1. Awesome!
I enjoy living in a world of many languages.
And it's always great to see Wales.
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)3. I do too!
It's fun to see people of all ages dancing to it.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)2. As a one-quarter descendant of Welsh coal miners, I heartily approve!
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)4. I'm 25% Welsh too!
From coal miners who settled in Scranton, PA. My grandma was the one who instilled the interest in the Welsh language in me.
Diolch yn fawr i ti!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)5. My grandfather was a coal miner in PA
I really don't know anything about him, he was the first of three husbands my Irish grandmother outlived. I was told that all the headstones there have my Welsh surname on them, which I took as hyperbole. Until I tried to find info on my grandfather. Damn if it wasn't true, lol!
Demoiselle
(6,787 posts)6. What gorgeous voices! THANK you.
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)7. Thanks!
Saw it on a group I'm on in Facebook. Had to post it!
shenmue
(38,506 posts)8. Woohoo!