wendythedruid9h ago
Tha a' bhliadhna a' tionndadh — the year is turning.
Five days to solstice. The magnolias are browning at the edges and dropping their saucer petals on the red clay; the fireflies have started their slow Morse in the wet dark. The old wheel doing what no congress can repeal.
#Solstice #Phenology #Nature #EarthBased #Druid #Paganism #SouthernUS #Seasons #Mindfulness #SlowLiving #FolkTradition
schneckenhausMay 9
Der Călușarii ist ein altes Ritual, das mit Masken, Tanz und symbolischen Gesten arbeitet. Ursprünglich sollte es Schutz bringen und Übergänge zwischen Leben und Tod begleiten. Die kunstvollen Masken verstärken die rituelle Wirkung und verleihen den Figuren etwas Archaisches. Der Brauch ist heute Teil des immateriellen Kulturerbes.
26.03.2026, #travel #Romania #Transylvania #Sibiu #ASTRAMuseum #OpenAirMuseum #museum #CulturalHeritage #ethnography #traditional #FolkTradition #ritual #mask #IntangibleHeritage #culture #dance [1]
Jane Tomlinson - Artist 🌻⭐️Jan 18

Yesterday's #wassailing.
Led by the #Eynsham #Morris, villagers processed through the orchard banging pots and pans to scare evil spirits, and singing to wake the apple trees and encourage them to produce a good harvest.

Spicy cider was readily available to everyone present, warmed on a roaring fire. And toast was hung in the trees - a gift for the good spirits. The birds will be pleased. 😀

Long may this ancient #folktradition continue!

#FolkCustoms #FolkloreSunday #folkyfriday #wassail

odnewsinDec 28

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The HoodenersNov 19, 2025
Another #introduction, as our previous incarnation on EFDSS's trial folksocial.org migrated to BlueSky losing everything (OK, we'd only made a dozen posts). Our ancient annual #EastKent #folktradition of #hoodening involves visiting houses (mainly public houses, i.e. pubs!) the week before Christmas/Solstice with our #hoodenhorse, performing a short humorous play (written new each year) and a song or two (is #folkmusic right? it's often a parody of a recent pop song). Then we sing community carols and collect donations in our nosebag. For the last sixty years this has been for a local charity rather than ourselves. Everything you wanted to know about #hoodenhorses and #guising (and related #folkcustom or #folklore topics, e.g. #MariLwyd, #wassail) but never dared ask is - probably - contained in hoodening.org.uk, and the #OzaruBooks publications shown there. 🐴
Jane Tomlinson - Artist 🌻⭐️Sep 19, 2025

A bit of fun for a Friday... Last week we went to #AbbotsBromley, #Staffordshire, to witness the extraordinary & ancient #HornDance, a #FolkDance that has taken place for perhaps 800+ years. I've wanted to see this for years!

One of the reindeer antlers has been radio carbon dated to 1065CE.

#FolkCustoms #TraditionalDance #MorrisDancing #folkyfriday #ancienttraditions #FolkloreSunday #FolkTradition #oldways

African PaperFeb 21, 2025
http://africanpaper.com/2025/02/21/sophia-djebel-rose-auf-europatour/ #sophiadjebelrose #tour #europe #sécheresse #folktradition #chanson #songwriting
African Paper | Sophia Djebel Rose auf Europatour

Mit ihrem neuen Album "Sécheresse" im Gepäck geht die französische Sängerin und Musikerin Sophia Djebel Rose in den kommenden Wochen auf große Europatour. Im deutschsprachigen Raum stehen unter anderem in Innsbruck (22. ...

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The HoodenersDec 30, 2024

For those in #EastKent searching a #wassail, there's one in #Sandwich on 4 Jan (with a #hoodening walk etc. before featuring Trudgepig): 14:00 St Crispin Inn, Worth; 15:00 Time & Tide Taproom; 16:00 Sandwich Medieval Centre. (https://www.facebook.com/events/885988743684265/)

Then another in #StNicholasAtWade on 11 Jan, 19:30 (https://www.facebook.com/events/348463171659419/)

#folklore #calendarcustom #wassailing #folktradition

Hoodening and Wassail

Event in Sandwich, United Kingdom by Sandwich Medieval Centre and Sonia Overall on Saturday, January 4 2025 with 124 people interested.

lymenziesApr 14, 2024

I used to know a metal sculptor who was searching for authenticity through music.

Following my previous post, here's a good example I wish I could have shared:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YZ2JmMUUg8

All I had to offer at the time was Kongar-ool Ondar

#anatolianfock #ashik #veyshel #folktradition

AŞIK VEYSEL - UZUN İNCE BİR YOLDAYIM

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Ele Willoughby, PhDApr 26, 2023

A new block to carve! As a May Day baby I have always been interested in all the various folk traditions of May Day (and the evening before) like Beltane, Walpurgisnacht and May Day celebrations.

#linocut #printmaking #wip #JackOfTheGreen #JackOTheGreen #folklore #folktradition