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y castell i wylio perfformiadau gyda'r grounds to watch performances aimed
nod o ddangos yr angen am heddwch at showing the need for international
rhyngwladol. Yna ar ddechrau'r 1960au, peace. Fast forward to the early 1960s,
mae lluniau'n dangos arddangosiad where photos show a very large
mawr iawn ar y prom gan yr Ymgyrch demonstration on the prom by the
dros Ddiarfogi Niwclear. Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Yn 2003 ar y noson pan lansiwyd In 2003 on the night when the invasion
goresgyniad Irac, bu gwrthdystiad of Iraq was launched, there was a
enfawr yn strydoedd Aberystwyth yn huge demonstration in the streets of
erbyn y rhyfel. Ac yn 2004, yn ogystal â Aberystwyth against the war. And in
gosod torch pabi coch yn flynyddol ar 2004, as well as the annual laying of a
Ddiwrnod y Cofio, dechreuodd Cyngor red poppy wreath on Remembrance
Tref Aberystwyth osod torch pabi gwyn Day, Aberystwyth Town Council began
ychwanegol. Trwy gytundeb â'r Lleng laying an additional white poppy wreath.
Brydeinig leol, mae gosod y ddwy By agreement with the local British
dorch bellach yn cael ei dderbyn yn yr Legion, the laying of both wreaths is now
un seremoni sydd wedi'i efelychu gan accepted within the same ceremony
gymunedau eraill ledled Cymru. which has been replicated by other
communities across Wales.
Yn fwy diweddar mae Aberystwyth wedi
chwarae rhan allweddol, trwy gynnal Most recently Aberystwyth has played
cynadleddau a thrafodaethau, wrth a key role, by hosting conferences and
sefydlu, y llynedd, Academi Heddwch discussions, in the setting up, last year, of
Cymru – the Wales Peace Academy. Academi Heddwch Cymreig - the Wales
Mae'r Academi hon, sy'n seiliedig ar Peace Academy. This Academy, based on
eraill ledled y byd, yn dod ag ystod eang others around the world, brings a wide
o academyddion ac arbenigwyr ynghyd, range of academics and experts together,
gan gynnwys Prifysgol Aberystwyth, i including Aberystwyth University, to
gefnogi cynnal heddwch ac osgoi rhyfel. support the maintenance of peace and
Fe dynnant sylw at y ffaith mai nid the avoidance of war. As they point out,
absenoldeb rhyfel yn unig yw heddwch; peace is not just the absence of war;
mae'n ymwneud ag ymwrthod rhag it is about nonviolence, sustainability,
traes, cynaliadwyedd, cydraddoldeb a equality and justice.
chyfiawnder.

Felly, pan ofynnodd grŵp lleol i Gyngor So, when Aberystwyth Town Council
Tref Aberystwyth nodi Diwrnod Heddwch was asked by a local group to formally
Rhyngwladol y Cenhedloedd Unedig yn mark the United Nations International
ffurfiol ar 21 Medi, nid oedd unrhyw Day of Peace on 21 September, it had
betruso cyn cytuno. Cafodd baner ei no hesitation in agreeing. A banner was
hongian o swyddfa'r Cyngor Tref ar y hung from the Town Council office on
diwrnod a chynhaliwyd seremoni syml the day and a simple ceremony was
wrth lawnt y castell yn South Marine lle held at the castle green in South Marine
codwyd y faner heddwch a gomisiynwyd where the specially commissioned peace
yn arbennig i nodi'r achlysur. banner was raised to mark the occasion.

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