Re: Morris and Paganism
Wood Avens
<ha...@drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote:
>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/hey-nonny-no-no-no-goths-and-pagans-are-reinventing-morris-dancing-823498.html
>or http://tinyurl.com/44kh8j
>
>Quite a bit about border morris and goth-esque colour schemes and
>pagans. Whaddaya think?
Great stuff. Have you ever seen Wolfshead & Vixen live?
Shiver-inducing! Haven't seen the other one.
All traditions evolve. (In fact, "Evolving Tradition" is the title of
a series of contemporary folk CDs.)
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Wood Avens
<ha...@drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 11 May 2008 14:05:59 +0100, Wood Avens
><wood...@askjennison.com> blethered:
>
>>On Sun, 11 May 2008 12:17:24 +0100, Halla
>><ha...@drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote:
>>
>>>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/hey-nonny-no-no-no-goths-and-pagans-are-reinventing-morris-dancing-823498.html
>>>or http://tinyurl.com/44kh8j
>>>
>>>Quite a bit about border morris and goth-esque colour schemes and
>>>pagans. Whaddaya think?
>>
>>Great stuff. Have you ever seen Wolfshead & Vixen live?
>>Shiver-inducing! Haven't seen the other one.
>
>Nope, never seen morris live. It's not exactly a local thing and I
>don't get out much. :-) There's precious little 'wild' dancing done in
>public here mind you, there's lots of Highland dancing at Highland
>Shows and the like which is very prim and proper, and ceilidh dancing
>is by necessity leff formal but I don't know if there are dancers
>doing Scottish dancing the same way the border morris sides are
>adapting their dances, if you see what I mean.
>
Next time you're south of the border, see if there's a possibility of
spotting any. The different traditions, and different sides within
the traditions, vary massively; but they're mostly pretty skilled and
good fun.