00:00Lunasa is a Gaelic festival celebrated in the month of August and marks the start of the harvest
00:18season. As part of the celebrations, ancient Irish people would gather, they listen to music,
00:23dance and light bonfires. In the modern day, bonfires have become politicised and moved
00:29away from these ancient Irish traditions. Fela have been working with partners to develop a day-long
00:35program of events for the community, with the hope that these events can be a more positive
00:39celebration of traditional Irish culture and Cregan. Young people have had active participation
00:50from the beginning of this project, taking part in lantern making workshops for our light procession
00:55in Shandell Owens GAC and St Mary's Youth Club. Young people from the Cregan Scouts,
01:04St Mary's Youth Club and Shandell Owens have also been taking part in the building of our large
01:10Willow Bull which will be pushed through the streets of Cregan by young participants and the procession
01:15and set alight as part of our fire finale in Greenock. It's been moving, it's been challenging at
01:21times but overall it's been very enjoyable and picking up skills, never thought I would've,
01:26making stuff out of willow like. Sort of thing that Cregan does, so sort of thing that Fela does,
01:30St Mary's does, brings opportunities they have for young people and changes lives.
01:38Today's date is the 15th of August 2024. The day begins with the Cregan Games where community
01:43groups from all over Cregan come together to test their strength, speed and wits to see who will come
01:49out on top. Next we had the exhilarating fun day Wambag Street Party which took place on Central Drive.
01:55This was a special event for all the families of Cregan, they come together and have great fun in
01:59their own area. Why these two events were happening? Our crew of young men were prepping the site for
02:04our Lunasa light procession and fire finale. The buzz around this event was only beginning.
02:09I think it's great really, it gives young people from our community an opportunity to come in and show the
02:13community what they do well. This isn't easy, Bowling's on the guess isn't that easy at all and they're not just
02:18balding this, they're doing all what we call the donkey work because on the background it's really hard
02:23heavy lifting work. Nobody wants to do and no one sees it being done and these lads are just getting
02:27stuck on and they're not crying and moaning about it and they're just a good group of lads.
02:30From the ashes rose our youth, our old heads on young shoulders, our future leaders of our future youth, our city, our people, our home. Forged together by young and old, the blissful gift that is youth.
02:48On behalf of Sian Doan's GAA Club we are delighted to be part of this brilliant event which allows the young people from the area to come together and showcase all that is good about Kragan and its youth. This festival represents the things that we are proud of and grateful for. We are grateful to be part of the area to come together and showcase all that is good about Kragan and its youth. This festival represents the things that we are proud of and grateful for.
03:16We are grateful to have an amazing club that gives us so many opportunities to play a positive role in our community. We are proud to represent Sian Doan's every day and be ambassadors for Kragan and look forward to the future where the young people take ownership and take care of our community.
03:46So
03:49So
03:50Loona's ha
03:52Fruitful, prosperous and bright. Once was operation for Lou, now assemble for unity within our community close-knit and tight.
04:10Within our community, close-knit and tight
04:13Gaelic souls treading, fishes aplenty
04:17Air is outlined, never empty
04:18Great fires, the youthful spirit growing ever higher
04:22Infectious love, songs from the doves
04:25You could fat in, soothingly
04:27Just like a turf-soaked glove
04:29Hard work celebrated, brightening banter liberated
04:32Veg, bread, hay, Celtic grafting
04:36Forever fair play
04:37You ask yourself why?
04:38A grand festival of wheat and rye
04:42Flames inferned, memories earned
04:44A celebration without rejection
04:46No soul unturned to die
04:49Hordes of the young awaiting
04:51The light has begun
04:52Assumption toward the great, great green
04:55A place with no hate in between
04:57Joyous times, holy graham
04:59Bathe in the culture, embrace the glorious crime
05:08For me it was a brilliant event because it brought so many different groups from the community together and young people were front and centre
05:18It was great to see all the young Wayne's faces taking part, they all loved and they were smiling, getting the costumes and all put on and the faces all painted, it was good for the community and it was a great night
05:36It was well set up now and just to see how many people turn out and that, even just the groups that were participating, even the people around Craig and just coming to see it, it was good, it was a very good turnout
05:49My wee man was there and he's seven, just looking at him watching the whole thing from the start and the amazement in his eyes lighting up and looking around the rest of the kids too, the whole thing
06:00It's something we should see every year
06:02Delighted to see so many people out around Craig and here, it's such a community really, it's just amazing really, it's so tight knit you know, loads of kids, just kids experiencing this you know, just something different isn't it?
06:15There's no kind of hatred, it's all about love and celebration so, delighted
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