Digwyddiad i adnabod dynion a laddwyd yn Chwareli Dinorwig
Ddydd Sul yma, 23 Mehefin, bydd pobl yn ymgynull wrth gofgolofn Cleddyf Llyn Padarn, Llafn y Cewri, Llanberis, Gogledd Cymru. Mae’r digwyddiad yn nodi 150 mlynedd ers sefydlu Undeb Chwarelwyr Gogledd Cymru ac yn cael ei gynnal i gydnabod yr oddeutu 1,500 o ddynion a laddwyd mewn cwympiadau creigiau a ffrwydradau, a’r miloedd lawer yn rhagor a fu farw o’r clefyd yr ysgyfaint silicosis, o weithio am gynifer o oriau i lawr y pyllau llychlyd.
Mae gofyn hefyd tuag at warchod enwau Cymraeg hanesyddol ar ardaloedd yn y chwareli, gyda llawer ohonynt wedi eu disodli gan enwau Saesneg mewn canllawiau dringo a gwefannau, er enghraifft Dali’s Hole - Sinc Harriet, Never Never Land - Dyffryn and Bus Stop Quarry – Ponc Allt Ddu.
Meddai Tom Carrick, Swyddog Mynediad a Chadwraeth BMC yng Nghymru “Ar ôl tyfu i fyny gyda’r Gymraeg a byw yng Ngwynedd, am y rhan fwyaf o’m bywyd, mae’n aml yn fy nhristau i weld y gwrthdaro rhwng fy mamiaith a’m camp, fy angerdd a gyrfa sydd i gyd yn rhyng-gysylltiedig. Mae lle i'r ddau yn fy llygaid. Mae’n bwysig cofio ein hanes, ond hefyd bod dringo wedi dod â diwydiant cwbl newydd i’r ardal ac ystyron newydd i’r llinellau a’r profiadau sydd gan ddringwyr.
“O un ochr o’r byd i’r llall nid ydym ar ein pennau ein hunain yn hynny o beth ac rwy’n eirioli dros ddefnyddio ieithoedd lleol lle y gallaf . Mae enwau gwreiddiol, brodorol Denali, Sagarmatha ac Uluru i gyd yn cael eu defnyddio’n ehangach nawr, yn yr un modd ag yr ydym yn annog defnydd o Eryri a’r Wyddfa. Mae’n wych gweld anogaeth yr enwau hyn, ond trwy addysg ac arddangosiad o bwysigrwydd ein hanes a’n traddodiadau, yn hytrach na creu gwrthdaro.”
Datganiad gan y BMC
Fel y corff cynrychioliadol ar gyfer dringwyr, cerddwyr bryniau a mynyddwyr yng Nghymru a Lloegr, mae Cyngor Mynydda Prydain (BMC) yn cefnogi’r egwyddor o warchod a chadw enwau Cymraeg ar gyfer nodweddion daearyddol yng Nghymru. Rydym wedi mabwysiadu'r defnydd o Eryri a Bannau Brycheiniog fel enwau swyddogol y parciau cenedlaethol hyn yn unol â'r egwyddor hon. Yn yr un modd, rydym yn cefnogi cadw enwau lleoedd Cymraeg ar gyfer orielau (a adwaenir i ddringwyr fel lefelau) Chwareli Dinorwig a chwareli llechi eraill a ddefnyddir ar gyfer dringo.
Fodd bynnag, mae'n bwysig gwahaniaethu rhwng yr enwau a roddwyd eisoes i rai o nodweddion y chwarel gan chwarelwyr (y pyllau, orielau, nodweddion diwydiannol arbennig) a'r rhai a roddwyd ar gyfer llwybrau penodol i fyny wynebau'r creigiau gan ddringwyr dros y blynyddoedd. Teimlwn nad yw cadw enwau lleoedd Cymraeg a’r enwau llwybrau mwy newydd hyn yn anghydnaws – mae rhai enwau llwybrau yn Gymraeg ac yn talu teyrnged i’r chwarelwyr, megis “Y Rhaffwr” a wnaeth y gwaith peryglus o ropio. i lawr y chwarel codi tâl wyneb i le, yna'n troi i'r ochr tra'u bod yn tanio) neu "Hogiau Pen Garet" ("Bechgyn Pen Garet") gwybodaeth am yr enwau gwreiddiol ar gyfer yr ardaloedd hyn.
Mae llawer o ddringwyr â diddordeb mewn dysgu mwy am hanes a diwylliant y lleoedd y maent yn eu dringo, a bu ymdrech i sicrhau bod yr enwau Cymraeg gwreiddiol yn cael eu defnyddio mewn llawer o ganllawiau dringo mwy newydd. Mae’r BMC wedi ymrwymo i barhau i hyrwyddo dealltwriaeth a rhannu gwybodaeth rhwng y ddwy gymuned hyn, y mae gorgyffwrdd sylweddol rhyngddynt bellach – mae llawer o’n haelodau, gwirfoddolwyr a dau o’n haelodau staff yn siaradwyr Cymraeg ac yn teimlo’n angerddol am y mater hwn.
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