Celtic Quest

“Too often we are so preoccupied with the destination, we forget the journey…”

Celtic Quest is a journey to the Seven Celtic Nations. Upon arriving at the Celtic Classic, children (or the young at heart) can receive a free Celtic Quest passport at each Celtic Nation Station throughout the Celtic Classic grounds.  The Quest takes the passport bearer to all seven of the Celtic Nation Stations, where demonstrations, craft projects and displays will be set up to entertain and educate children, and adults alike, about the seven Celtic Nations.

Become a Celtic Key Holder. Each passport bearer has the opportunity to become a Celtic Key Holder. By signing-up on the mailing lists that will be available at each Nation Station, you can receive periodic educational information about the arts and culture of the Celts from Celtic Cultural Alliance.

View Festival map for Nation Station locations.

Your Quest:

• Use the Festival map, available through the above link and at any Information booth during Celtic Classic, to find all seven Celtic Nation stations. Information booths will be located inside the Celtic Quest Nation Stations tents this year, so pick up a map when you receive your passport. • The stations are identified on the Festival grounds by banners bearing the Celtic Key to Knowledge (pictured here) and a flag of one of the seven Celtic nations. • At each station your passport will be stamped with a special flag stamp on the page matching that Celtic nation, so you can remember which stations you have visited, and which ones you have yet to visit.

What is a Celtic Nation?  

Invoking images of sages and warriors, maidens and monsters, magic and mayhem; the history of the Celts goes back farther than nine thousand years and is spread out from the British Isles to the borders of Ukraine. From around 750BC to 12BC, the Celts were the most powerful people in central and northern Europe, but the many tribes of Celts who spoke similar languages and who shared a similar culture were never organized into one single Celtic nation. Instead, pockets of Celtic traditions developed in different times and places. Gradually, these pockets were conquered or absorbed into other cultures, leaving behind only place names and legends. Seven separate, though related, modern Celtic nations are recognized today: Alba (Scotland), Cymru (Wales), Kernow (Cornwall), Mannin (Isle of Man), Galicia (Spain), Briezh (Brittany) and Eire (Ireland).

 

2007 Celtic Classic

September 28-30, 2007
Bethlehem, PA

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