Some of the people that I bumped into there on sunny Saturday morning:
The Duke and Duchess waiting for their carriage (umm..taxi) to arrive
A band of travelling minstrels
The Three Musketeers (retired)
Rembrandt's disciple
Extras from Interview with A Vampire
A lady-in-waiting with hair I'd love to have! The 2 robins seemed very happy nestled in her coiffure.
A blur-looking knight with his Frodo-like sidekick. Probably not a Templar. Definitely not my kind of Lancelot!
The Queen Anne's courtiers jivin' away
Baffled and bewildered, I wondered what I'd walked into. I quickly found out that it was a celebration of the Middle Ages, complete with duels, court dancing and a full-scale sit-down feast (no plates, bare hands and all).
It reminded me of something Maarten once told me about but I'd never seen. The Society for Creative Anacronism which "re-creates the arts and skills of pre-17th-century Europe" and "consists of 19 kingdoms, with over 30,000 members residing in countries around the world." Members, dressed in clothing of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, attend events which feature tournaments, arts exhibits, classes, workshops, dancing and feasts. They have different ranks and the "royalty" hold courts at which they honor members for their contributions to the group.
Well shiver me timbers and blow me down. I wanna play dress-up too! Hmmmm....I'd love to be Madame de Pompadour, that stylishly chic, sly old bird who had the king by his balls (literally). But then that wouldn't be historically correct considering that she existed in 1721, which is not exactly the Middle Ages.
Oh well, then I'd be Dante's Beatrice. Not a bad thing being a muse, inducing beatific visions and immortalised forever in The Divine Comedy.
Right now, this Muse is off to Burgundy, then Geneva for the weekend! Woohoo! Will be my 1st time in Swizterland...altho I once knew a Swiss Roll (my Mum coined this nickname not me!) who was well....rather BORING. (Amongst other things, he didn't eat BOTH mushrooms and onions, and picked them ALL right off the pizza, leaving just the crust to eat!!)
1 comment:
Hm... If I look at the pictures you look like the odd one out, not the other people :). And these celebrations are more common in France than elsewhere, I've also been in the middle of one of them. I remember that my sister suddenly had a ham pressed into her hands, which then got stolen a few minutes later.
And yes, anyone should probably visit an SCA event once. Joining the SCA is a different thing, though, but being at an event is wonderful.
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