October 31, 2008
At home, Hallowe'en these days is mostly filled with adorable small children in adorable costumes and sassy teenagers in i'm-dressed-as-a-teenager-too-cheap-to-buy-my-own-candy costumes. This year, instead of the usual commercial affair, I got to watch a true pagan celebration of fire and demons and symbolism beyond my understanding. I went knowing nothing about what the celebration is for and don't know much more now, but does seem very interesting and was truly a feast for the eyes. Instead of copying and pasting from Wikipedia, I'll just point you to the "source": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain.
Here are a few photos from the parade/show and the link to the full album at the bottom.
My parents read this blog so I won't go into detail about the sorts of things these red people were pretending to do, but the photo on the left captures their excitement quite nicely...
These guys must have been exhausted (or "knackered" as one might say around these parts) after drumming for the full two hours or so.
This is a neat photo from the show on the stage that featured singing, dancing (of the regular and fire varieties), and lots people climbing on top of each other.
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