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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Magic Circle: archaic dance


  1. Letter from Hardscrabble Creek: 

    Oss Tales: Creating the Archaic

    Jul 20, 2007 by Chas S. Clifton
    Oss Tales: Creating the Archaic. To watch 
    Oss Tales is to see the ... After all, while 
    the Padstow procession is ritualized, its rituals 
    are communal, such as which family brings 
    out the Oss. There is no magic circle
    But the Berkeley Oss appears in a ... In Padstow, 
    your family must have lived in town for at least 
    two generations before you can even dance 
    with the Oss. Think how many Californians 
    that provision would disqualify. 
    One participant flippantly says that after ...
     
  2. Chechen Dancing | Latta Foundatio

    | Chechen culture | History of ...

    Dec 25, 2008 by admin
    Chechen dancing ascends to the archaic times. ... 
    The magical quality ascribed to the circle
    pronounced in the symbolism of patterns on 
    Koban and later Alanian pottery, and in 
    mediaeval petroglyphics, is rather visible 
    in Chechendancing.
     

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