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- Thread starter Herman
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That's really hilarious...
scottR
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Pretty creepy if you ask me ..There was a bunch of them in Hebden Bridge (Hoping they were some kind of Morris dancers? Didn't see any dancing...only drinking! Papa lazarou from league of gentlemen comes to mind
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Nah @scott rawson that didn't come to mind at all.
Thanks, Matt!That's actually uncanny - well seen
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scottR
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Speaking to the wife she said in the current climate , folk might see this as Racist! (I'M COLOURBLIND) literally..and it never crossed my mind , but after googling them..that's how they are perceived..Quote...
The dances were devised by local miners. Since they all had permanently black faces on working days, from the outset it became an essential part of the tradition that they also performed with black faces.
“This tradition has now been maintained continuously for more than a century. It has no connection with ethnicity nor any form of racial prejudice.”
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Walter Palmer
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What is the occasion for such an outfit?
Nothing wrong with the picture which accurately records those B&W minstrel characters who have been present for a historically long time in the UK but it's probably more appropriate for some other thread as opposed to "Shadows". If you don't understand why then you'll just have to trust me.
scottR
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Hi Walter...not sure just a rainy day in Hebden Bridge there was a group of them in a pub garden..some kind of Morris dancers..but after googling them they have courted controversey over their blacked up facade..and was going to change to blue paint..but this goes away from the traditional.
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scottR
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fully understand
Walter Palmer
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I was guessing that a traditional folk dance like that probably had some root in story. Interesting to then read about the miners - makes sense.
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