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Howburn Digger H
Howburn Digger Nov 30, 2011 13:18:03
Replying to tomwatts

I'm really digging the idea of "recreating a 5,000 year old tradition" which was ditched hundreds of years ago and is now going to feature a "solstice fairy".
I'm loving how people can purchase a lantern kit of £5 and that they can get a refreshment for £2 afterwards if they have already purchased a lantern kit. And the idea of craft stalls selling stuff to the "fairy followers" is simply breathtaking. Should be really magical... what with the "real" Olympic Torch coming to Amesbury next year. A "real" legacy for the future... Stonehenge, Olympics, Fairy, Craft Fair, Community Collage. A confusing discourse on which to base a new "tradition"...


We do things a bit differently up here...

http://www.biggarbonfire.org.uk/images/BB2010/lighting/20101231-1AW_4648.jpg

http://www.biggarbonfire.org.uk/images/BB2010/lighting/20101231-1AW_4811.jpg

M moss
moss Nov 30, 2011 14:47:15
Replying to Howburn Digger

Howburn Digger wrote:
I'm really digging the idea of "recreating a 5,000 year old tradition" which was ditched hundreds of years ago and is now going to feature a "solstice fairy".
I'm loving how people can purchase a lantern kit of £5 and that they can get a refreshment for £2 afterwards if they have already purchased a lantern kit. And the idea of craft stalls selling stuff to the "fairy followers" is simply breathtaking. Should be really magical... what with the "real" Olympic Torch coming to Amesbury next year. A "real" legacy for the future... Stonehenge, Olympics, Fairy, Craft Fair, Community Collage. A confusing discourse on which to base a new "tradition"...


We do things a bit differently up here...

http://www.biggarbonfire.org.uk/images/BB2010/lighting/20101231-1AW_4648.jpg

http://www.biggarbonfire.org.uk/images/BB2010/lighting/20101231-1AW_4811.jpg

Oooo scary Scots burning boats and stuff, ;) ;) must admit down south we're a bit soft with our festivals; not sure anyway that you can resume a tradition after 5000 years - even if we knew what that tradition was in the first place....

T tjj
tjj Nov 30, 2011 21:27:36
Replying to Howburn Digger

Howburn Digger wrote:
I'm really digging the idea of "recreating a 5,000 year old tradition" which was ditched hundreds of years ago and is now going to feature a "solstice fairy".
I'm loving how people can purchase a lantern kit of £5 and that they can get a refreshment for £2 afterwards if they have already purchased a lantern kit. And the idea of craft stalls selling stuff to the "fairy followers" is simply breathtaking. Should be really magical... what with the "real" Olympic Torch coming to Amesbury next year. A "real" legacy for the future... Stonehenge, Olympics, Fairy, Craft Fair, Community Collage. A confusing discourse on which to base a new "tradition"...


We do things a bit differently up here...

http://www.biggarbonfire.org.uk/images/BB2010/lighting/20101231-1AW_4648.jpg

http://www.biggarbonfire.org.uk/images/BB2010/lighting/20101231-1AW_4811.jpg

A tad acerbic! Did the building catch fire in that second scene?

Must admit I can't see the Solstice Fairy catching on. I've always thought celebrating the winter solstice was in a way reclaiming this time back from the nativity 'fairy-tale' and the traditional spend-glitter-spend. I don't think any self respecting pagan would want to 'reclaim' the Xmas fairy. Leave it where it belongs on top of the tree (if you have one).

B BuckyE
BuckyE Dec 2, 2011 00:40:38
Replying to Howburn Digger

And we do it a bit differently over here. One of these years, let's do it together!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1pfy0Kbv6U

(Hope that link works!)

W Wiggy
Wiggy Dec 6, 2011 09:47:49
Replying to Howburn Digger

You've not visited Devon in November?

http://www.otterytarbarrels.co.uk/