(NEW) Pride Cymru 2023, The Rainbow Dragon

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Mill Lane, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.

About the photograph.

This photo was taken approximately near the Mocka Lounge on Mill Lane.

While I was looking around for some shots, I spotted those two ladies with this flag, and to ask them for their permissions to take photos of them displaying the flag. They happily posed for the camera, and I asked for their permissions to post online, which they agreed.

I have a little interest in flags, I am not really a vexillologist as it’s just a passing interest, more like I dabble in vexillology which is the study of flags.

The red dragon seen on the flag, is normally found on a field of upper white and lower green background, which is the normal national flag of Wales, or in their Welsh language: Baner Cymru. it is often called Y Ddraig Goch, meaning the red dragon.

But in this case, they got the red dragon on a field of rainbow colours, the symbolic colours of LGBT.

For details about the flag, see below.

About the flag.

Baner Cymru or Y Ddraig Goch is the national flag for Wales.

To be clear, Baner Cymru is the national flag for Wales, just like the St George’s Cross is the national flag for England, and the St Andrew’s Cross is the national flag for Scotland. Somewhat akin to each American states having their own flags.

The Union Flag (also known as The Union Jack) is the national flag for the United Kingdom of Great Britain as whole, in a similar way as the Stars and Strips is for the whole of America.

The red dragon is said to imply the fearlessness of the Welsh nation, and dates back to as far as around 600 CE to 800 CE.

The modern flag design was adopted in 1953.

About the event.

Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.

In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.

Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.

The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.

Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.

That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.

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