You are invited to take part in a short walk leaving the town square at 10:00pm on New Year's Eve (there is no pre-entry - just turn up suitably dressed). Carrying burning torches to light the way, the procession follows the "Mari", a decorated horse's skull carried on a pole by the leader, around the town, calling at various locations where there is a re-enactment of the ancient Welsh tradition of "Mari Lwyd". This is an exchange of challenges and banter in verse (spoken in Welsh) between the bearer of the "Mari" and the occupants, in an endeavour to gain admission and refreshment. The procession pauses for swift sustenance at each location, before returning to the town square in time for the midnight celebrations.