Singer Gwenno visits Mevagissey School

Mercury Prize-nominated singer Gwenno has paid a special visit to a primary school in Cornwall.

Transcript

00:00Heligan Homecoming Festival at the Lost Gardens of Heligan begins on the 13th of June

00:04with Seth Lakeman and Martha Woodson.

00:07It ends on the 22nd with Dawn French and Legend Sue Hill.

00:18Alongside Dawn French and Seth Lakeman and Gweno, of course,

00:21who we've just seen play to the class here at Mavagissi,

00:24we've got all sorts of talent.

00:25I think it's really nourishing for children to learn about local heritage and history

00:32in a language that is from the place that they are.

00:36I found it very inspiring to hear all the different songs in Cornish

00:42and not just as you usually hear them in English.