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Chwalfa
Pontio, Bangor
4/5
CHWALFA is an incredibly strong Welsh word, almost onomatopoeic in nature. Its various definitions include dispersing, rout, upheaval, upset, a confused or chaotic state and ruin.
But within the word there is also the sense of a place where destruction occurs and this drama reflects all of that complexity of meaning.
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