Fun at the Faire #123 - The maypole #1 by goodoleboy
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Blimey, a bloomin' maypole, it is!
Maypolers having fun, captured 4/27/14, at the beautiful Renaissance Faire, held at the beautiful Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, in semi beautiful Irwindale, California.
I remember this from grammar school.
Primarily found within the nations of Germanic Europe and the neighboring areas which they have influenced, the maypole origins remain unknown, although it has been speculated that it originally had some importance in the Germanic paganism of Iron Age and early Medieval cultures, and that the tradition survived Christianization, albeit losing any original meaning that it had. It has been a recorded practice in many parts of Europe throughout the Medieval and Early Modern periods, although became less popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. Today, the tradition is still observed in some parts of Europe and among European communities in North America.
Source: the dictionary.
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Auf wiedersehen.
Comments (5)
Cyve
Marvelous scene and fantastic captures... Wonderful image my friend !!!
MrsRatbag
Wonderful shots of the colourfully-clad young ladies (and a few gentlemen too!) winding the ribbons around the May Pole. If I'm remembering correctly it was something of a fertility rite... Superb colour and clarity, and I love the costume on the young lady in greens in the first shot!
magnus073
They really have a lot of fun ideas at the faire, Harry.
claude19
I think initially there from the photo, several trees in May, occupied by a dancer dressed almost time like the woman in the photograph at the top ... and as the dancers bénévomes prennet ribbons, the dancers circle narrows, since wrapping around the tree trunk ... and people thus gradually join every turn! The tradition of the maypole is a fertility rite associated with the return of the canopy. Once common throughout Western Europe, this ritual makes sense in the cycle of the traditional May. The Catholic Church has denounced his alleged alienating characters, superstitious, and even satanic (sexual rites of group company troubled by the multiplicity of rules, absolutisation plant and animal spirits). The clergy tried to order this rite at its option, claiming to defend the interests of the individual and that of society, while removing its alienating and disruptive properties. This is the fifth Council of Milan in 1579, the church - acting on faith and morals correction - proscribed tradition and its related rituals, stating the ban "the first day of May, the feast of St. Apostles Jacques and St. Philip, cutting trees with their branches, to walk the streets and junctions, and then plant them with crazy ceremonies and ridicules1. " This is comparable with many folklore customs celebrating the tree, including the Christmas tree, the final straw or of the tree of liberty established in the French Revolution. je pense qu'au départ, il y a d'après la photo, plusieurs arbres de Mai, occupé par une danseuse habillée presque d'époque comme la jeune femme sur la photographie du haut...et au fur et à mesure que les danseurs et danseuses bénévomes prennet les rubans, le cercle des danseurs se retrécit, puisque s'enroulant autour du tronc d'arbre...et les gens se rapprochent ainsi peu à peu à chaque tour ! La tradition de l'arbre de mai est un rite de fécondité lié au retour de la frondaison. Jadis répandu dans toute l’Europe occidentale, ce rite prend son sens dans le cycle du mai traditionnel. L’Église catholique a dénoncé ses caractères prétendument aliénants, superstitieux, et même sataniques (rites sexuels de groupe, société troublée par la multiplicité des règles, absolutisation des esprits végétaux et animaux). Le clergé s’efforça d’ordonner ce rite à sa convenance, prétendant défendre l’intérêt de la personne et celui de la société, tout en ôtant ses propriétés aliénantes et perturbatrices. C’est au cinquième Concile de Milan, en 1579, que l’Église — statuant sur la foi et la correction des mœurs — proscrivit cette tradition et ses rites apparentés, stipulant l’interdiction « le premier jour de mai, fête des apôtres saint Jacques et saint Philippe, de couper les arbres avec leurs branches, de les promener dans les rues et dans les carrefours, et de les planter ensuite avec des cérémonies folles et ridicules1. » Ce folklore est comparable aux nombreuses coutumes célébrant l’arbre, notamment du sapin de Noël, le bouquet final ou celle de l’arbre de la liberté établie à la Révolution française. partie religieuse source Wikipedia...religious party source Wikipedia ...
debbielove
I remember this from our Primary school (early grades in the U.S mate), not sure if they do it now, I imagine Health and safety stopped it! Lovely shot of bright young things having fun, and that's what its all about.. Rob