#pagan dance

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Nocturnal Symphony - Colored Pencils on Paper

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[mourama]

Pauliteiros de Miranda | Traditional dance & costumes from Portugal

The Pauliteiros de Miranda are groups of men who dance traditional rhythms, from the high-plateau of Miranda, in Bragança, located in the northeastern region of Portugal, called Trás-os-Montes (portuguese for "behind the mountains"). The name pauliteiro derives from the word paulito, meaning small stick.

These male stick dancers would then dance the dança dos paulitos or, in the Mirandese language (astur-Leonese dialect), la dança and dança de palotes. The dance is characterized by the use of two sticks that the dancers hit to the rhythm of the music played by the gaiteiros, a musical group composed by a bagpipe, a small and big drum. It is performed by eight men in a specific costume, usually comprising with white embroidered skirts, woollen socks, decorated vests (coletes).

The Pauliteiros have been subject of reflection by many people who try to interpret the origin and symbolism of the dance and the costumes. The fact that the groups are made up exclusively of single men points to either a warlike dance, where sticks replace what once were swords (or a sword and a shield), reminiscence of the Pyrrhic Greek Dances, that was overtaken by Romans, which with the expansion of the empire ended up in the Iberian peninsula (former Hispania).

Or, a dance rite from the indo-European peoples who settled in the peninsula before Rome 'latinized' them, the so-called Celts or pre-Celts. It would initially have a ritualistic choreography to celebrate the cycles, especially those that emphasize fertility, who, would then developed to be a type of sword dance eventually mixed with Greco-Roman steps and other forms of medieval dancing. In turn, they were quickly widespread and were performed by guilds in Corpus Christi processions.

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Dancing off evil spirits in Bulgaria

The Bulgarian tradition of Kukeri unites a small village. A woman describes what it is, exactly, that Kukeri try to scare away with their da

Why not a dance-off with the Mari Lwyd?

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[byaseashore]

“They should have been ridiculous. And perhaps they were; parading in circles on top of a hill. But the hairs on the back of my neck prickled at the sight, and some small voice inside warned me: I wasn't supposed to be here, I was an unwelcome voyeur to something ancient and powerful.”  

Outlander - Dance of the Druids

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Pagan Dance / Spooky_trip

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Pagan Dance

A portable-gaming-system-exclusive game that was cancelled before release. An R-rated game in which you become a huge god and bring divine retribution on humans one after another.

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[oh my gOD

I NEED TO MAKE A VIDEO OF JACK DOING A FUCKING PAGAN DANCE.

WOW

THAT SHIT WOULD BE HILARIOUS

well i know what i'm doing tomorrow night.]