#dorani

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Carrel camicie a righe; Hiltl e Baumler cotton patns; Christ suede jacket. Dorani regimental ties; scarpe Carlo Pignatelli, Sergio Rossi, Church’s; cartella Montblanc

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Dancing Fairies and Fairy Princes

Was re-listening to the Singing Bones podcast episode about the Twelve Dancing Princesses, and Clare Testoni comments how one variation of the story, "Dorani," has the title character torn between the fairy kingdom and her life as a married woman.

It reminded me of a story my mom's friend told me, about a girl in the Philippines. Every night the girl would find herself in the backyard of her house, having gotten there through sleepwalking. There she would see Engkanto (fairies) dancing on the grass, which underneath the moonlight was prettier than it was during the day. Then the girl would see a fairy prince, who was in love with her and wanted her to follow him to wherever the fair folk go. This happened a few more times.

But when the girl was older, she got married, and the fairies stopped coming to see her. She never saw the fairy prince again after that. Which for my mom and her friend telling the story, was a good thing (fairies aren't trusted in the Philippines; some people say they're devils). But it does have that whole "growing up and getting married" vibe that Dorani's story had.