Abbots Bromley Horn Dance
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- čas přidán 21. 12. 2013
- Documentary segment about the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance. This dance & procession, using reindeer antlers, takes place every September in the village of Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England. It is Britain's oldest folk dance tradition. The first written reference to it is from 1686. However, it is almost certainly much older, & very likely originally tied in with Winter Solstice celebrations.
The presenters here are Rachel & Becky Unthank, who are folk singers & folk dancers from the north-east of England.
Official website - www.abbotsbromley.com/horn_dance
Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbots_B... - Hudba
God preserve these ancient customs for many generations to come!
That looks like a very impresive Ha Ha they have at Blithfield Hall, all the more reason to plan a trip there when the Horn Dance visits.
Thanks for posting this - very good to see this tradition carried on!
I loving very nice tradition great history all is beautiful great village 🌸🌸🌸💚💚💚💚💚💚💜💜🙏🙏🤘💛💜💜💚💚
"Oh come tell me shaun ofarrel, tell me where the gatherings to be? by the old spot by the river quite well known to you and me!"
I wondered about that. It must be an old tune that was adapted.
Awesome! 🦌
Nice.
This reminds me of Morris dancers a little bit.
That's partly the melody of the Irish Rebel song "The Rising of the Moon" Who inspired whom?
"Oh it is the biggest mix up that you have ever seen
My father, he was Orange and me mother, she was green..."
They are clearly just playing popular tunes.
Hornpipes originate in England… like, jigs, Morris dancing and much more. Remember, Ireland was for a very very long time under the influence of England… like so much of the British Isles… but with Ireland even more so.
Quite a few Irish folk tunes are called Irish,when they were from England!Even step dancing began with a step dance that the continent name the English step!
Reindeer antlers are do much bigger than other beasties
Careful, You could have some ones eye out with them horns!
What documentary was this from?
It's from 'Still Folk Dancing....After All These Years'. BBC4. 2011. I wish they'd re-show it! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wgrtr
I came here after mention of the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance in this video
m.czcams.com/video/hGhicZSYq20/video.html
You have a truly ancient ritual there. Obviously, it's gotten changed up A LOT.
She said "hUndreds" like in "who" :) The word must have been unaffected by the time in the area she came from.
Thanks for sharing the video!
hoondreds of yahs.
Rachel and Becky Unthank are from County Durham in NE England.
To the manor born
Do they still do this?
Also wondering this.
Yes. It's today.
Should be on the winter solstice to be accurate.
To be accurate it was danced at Christmastide.
Hahaha "pagan with a small 'p'" :D
😉heard that...
Scottish Celtic pagan rite of fall
Not Scottish.
Not Celtic.
Not pagan.
The dance is not a 'fertility rite' or pagan or any such nonsense.
The antlers are old but the earliest mention of the dance from the late 1500's describes it as a 'hobby horse dance' with no mention of the antlers - they only appear in written records in the 1600's.
Pretty weird they don't do this in the middle east 👀
Can't believe they've canceled it this year. It's all outdoors, for goodness sake. I suppose if it was in aid of Black Lies Matter or Exstinktion Rebellion, the Council would let it go ahead. Sheer hypocrisy and a genuine shame.
And the crowd that come to watch?
@@sazzieb1 and the crowds that come to riot, I mean 'protest'?
It will continue on until a Muslim complains, then say bye to a thousand year tradition.
They play like they are integrated whilst small minority. As the size of their pop grows, they show their colours. When they reach approx 20% in coming decade or so, the tipping point will occur and the whole place will go up.
Aside from the fact that that won’t happen at all, sure
@@Kikua1612 you're deluded if you think that's not the case.
Don't talk bollocks
you have come to a video about an English tradition and can still manage to shoe horn your bile and hatred into it ?