Re: Calling Cian :Knowth | Forum — The Modern Antiquarian

Knowth 9

Image by CianMcLiam

Calling Cian :Knowth

more_vert

tiompan Apr 10, 2008 18:44:57

Replying to beatles

beatles wrote:

it is sort of like the austrailian aboriginees who still have songs that describe the major landmarks on footpaths that cross the continent.

And even smaller things like bushes , we have totally lost that musical tradition , it's all related to performance now . The Saami do the same thing with their yoiks .

Littlestone Apr 10, 2008 19:12:41

Replying to tiompan

The Saami do the same thing with their yoiks.

Ahh, did you see that on TV as well last night - great prog! A herding tradition that goes back some 8,000 years. Amazing petroglyphs; I don't think they said how old they were but Monica Sjöö reckoned they were 4000-3500bce*

* http://www.monicasjoo.org/artic/nordicgoddess.htm

beatles Apr 10, 2008 23:36:07

Replying to tiompan

i did not see the program...not much on the tube here but politics.
i do know about the sami and that they are a lot like the plains indians of our country. even to the point of tee pee tents......

i think that you all are right in assuming that the aboriginal people in the uk must have lived a very similar life.

all in all, modern man is not very far out of that kind of existance. we are all a single gallon of gas and a single kilowat of electricity from returning to a primitive lifestyle.....
clyde