4. Wales--Eisteddfod Eisteddfod(Welsh, a sitting of learned men)is the national music and literary festival held each summer in Wales to promote Welsh language, literature, music, and customs. The weeklong ceremony is a revival of the ancient Welsh custom of assembling bards for competition among themselves, for the regulation of poetry and musIc, and for the licensing(许可) of duly(恰当地) qualified cand idates to the position of recognized bards. The assembly, now occurs on the second day(tuesday) of the festival to confer degrees of four grades on the modern equivalent of the Welsh bard7 4. Wales--Eisteddfod Eisteddfod (Welsh, “a sitting of learned men”) is the national music and literary festival held each summer in Wales to promote Welsh language, literature, music, and customs. The weeklong ceremony is a revival of the ancient Welsh custom of assembling bards for competition among themselves, for the regulation of poetry and music, and for the licensing (许可) of duly (恰当地) qualified candidates to the position of recognized bards. The assembly, now occurs on the second day (Tuesday) of the festival to confer degrees of four grades on the modern equivalent of the Welsh bards