amd
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Re: Tangent: Sardinian 'bear men'
Jul 02, 2008, 22:44
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Spaceship mark wrote: ...the name itself being a corruption of 'Moorish' in that the dances were originally an imitation of the dances of the Moors. Possibly hence the tradition (largely extinct) of blacking up....
I saw these guys in Chorley a year or so ago, good they were too.
http://www.stonethecrows.org.uk/
http://www.howlingdog.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/crows/crows_why_we_black_up.htm
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amd
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Re: 2008 Avebury Megameet - Lammas Games
Jul 02, 2008, 22:47
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Hi Chance, good to meet you t'other day, and hopefully we can speak at some point about the Megalithic illustrations you spoke of.
Cheers for the info re July 19th / August 2nd. Doubt we'll make either but we'll see!
AMD
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neighbourofthedrude
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Re: Tangent: Sardinian 'bear men'
Jul 03, 2008, 08:33
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No !
Its Glinda !!
:o)
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goffik
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Re: Tangent: Sardinian 'bear men'
Jul 04, 2008, 11:25
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Excellent! I'd LOVE to see that!
Mamuthones...
Sounds like summat out of Doctor Who (no disrespect, of course!) and looks REALLY eerie! Those masks are SO cool!
Good find, SM - I remember you talking about it and being met with blank expressions all round... Myself included!
G x
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Spaceship mark
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Re: Tangent: Sardinian 'bear men'
Jul 04, 2008, 12:33
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Looks ace doesn't it? Reading around a bit on the internet, other than vague references to the tradition dating 'back into prehistory', the 'sensible' theory seems to be that it represents the defeat of the saracens by the native sardinians, but there seem to be other references to it being an agricultural feritilty thang etc...
The other guys, the Issohadores, don't look anywhere near as cool...
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megadread
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Re: Tangent: Sardinian 'bear men'
Jul 04, 2008, 13:14
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The issahodores probably represent the generals with the 'bear men' the warriors.
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