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Pete G wrote:
at the moment it is a circus at so called festival time.
Ego's competing to show off.
May Day had a Kiss chase event! WTF is that all about?
Celebration of sexuality?

That is a usual theme of Beltane, and Samhain also usually has chaotic elements.

Also, the word "circus" is an emotive one isn't it? One man's circus......etc.

I've always loved the circus - in all its forms ...

The name probably comes from a similar route to 'circuit' and circle and cycle.

From my perspective whizzing around in a tin box and not talking to anybody ('cept the radio) and spending the dark hours slumped in front of an electric screen is very strange indeed.

The Stonehenge Free Festivals were mini ecological disasters with violent crime thrown in for good measure. Growing trees hacked down to make pitiful fires - bits of plastic blowing everywhere. The good old days ...