Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/11

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Subject: [Leica] The Britannia Coconutters
From: leica at ralgo.nl (bruce golding)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:56:08 +0200
References: <C6068462.22433%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> <200904111646.BOR12146@rg5.comporium.net> <1239469101.22312.14.camel@ubuntu.ubuntu-domain> <DA98874E-07E9-4979-9869-A8F6AC1AD54A@charter.net>

I went here to check further:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacup

Gives some more detail.

On 11-apr-2009, at 19:43, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:

> Yes, a vestigial remnant from the past.
> But from which past, and who's past?
> S.d.
>
> On Apr 11, 2009, at 9:58 AM, Ken Frazier wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 2009-04-11 at 12:46 -0400, Tina Manley wrote:
>>> Weird!!  Wonder where that tradition came from?
>>
>> Tina, and others, this is a relic of ancient Holy Saturday  
>> observances.
>> The blackened faces, dancing, etc., all have their counterparts in  
>> other
>> European traditions for this day, emblematic of the time in the tomb,
>> death, etc.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Ken Frazier <kennybod at mac.com>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] The Britannia Coconutters)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] The Britannia Coconutters)
Message from kennybod at mac.com (Ken Frazier) ([Leica] The Britannia Coconutters)
Message from s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov) ([Leica] The Britannia Coconutters)