Dr Laura HodsdonReally interesting article about surviving/reviving West #Cornwall tradition of guise dancing. Sad that I still won’t be able to make it to my first #penzance #montol winter solstice celebration this year #intangibleculturalheritage #culturalheritage
#kernow #culture #livingtraditions
Tom Goskar@laurhod Glad that you enjoyed the article. Guise dancing, despite the large numbers still doing it in Penzance at least, rarely features in studies or popular folklore. This is my attempt to redress the balance, and show that there's more to Cornwall than tourism.
@tom I wonder why it gets left out in folklore? Just not part of the narrative…
@laurhod I think it’s just never been talked about outside of the Cornish circles. Some have been very surprised to hear of literally hundreds of mummers out in the streets. Like a big and wonderfully disguised secret.