More of Winter's Revels
Dec 25, 2005 04:07 PM Filed in:
Things Medieval
Cambridge,
Massachusetts is the head quarters for Revels, a
unique group dedicated to preserving a wide variety of folk
rituals, dance and music. They put on several performances a year
at various times of the year, but the corner stone of the season is
always the Christmas Revels, a celebration of community and mystery
surrounding the winter solstice and the changing of the
seasons.
Here are just a few tidbits from a medieval Christmas Revels from
many years back.
The Fool's Opening
Lines
Abbots Bromely Dance
Father Christmas
Sword Dance
Shakespeare's Lines
Gower Wassail
The Shortest Day
