Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/11

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Subject: [Leica] The Britannia Coconutters
From: kennybod at mac.com (Ken Frazier)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:58:21 -0400
References: <C6068462.22433%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> <200904111646.BOR12146@rg5.comporium.net>
 
On Sat, 2009-04-11 at 12:46 -0400, Tina Manley wrote:
> Weird!!  Wonder where that tradition came from?  

Tina, and others, this is a relic of ancient Holy Saturday observances.
The blackened faces, dancing, etc., all have their counterparts in other
European traditions for this day, emblematic of the time in the tomb,
death, etc.


-- 
Ken Frazier <kennybod at mac.com>
Replies: Reply from s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov) ([Leica] The Britannia Coconutters)
 In reply to: Message from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] The Britannia Coconutters)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] The Britannia Coconutters)