I have been delving:) Firstly, Pace Egg. A Northern traditional Easter play, I suppose you would call it a mummer's play. I suppose before the chocolate Easter egg was invented it was just decorated real eggs. Did you know that you can dye the eggshells almost gold with onion skins, a thought worth keeping. I think the ceremony took place up at Heptonstall, the players are supposed to get eggs from the watchers.
The other thing of note was a small video of Sagar Bakery, which is the other half of the Folklore Centre. The owner has a bakery shop in Hebden Bridge but has moved his baking facilities up to Tod. I often see him and he greets me with a cheerful smile, The video goes through what is after all his workshop, the machines used for bread and cakes and the Folklore Centre of course benefits from all his baking. It has been a few months in the making of this transformation of what I believe was a newspaper's office. It is a very welcoming atmosphere and I shall make the effort to have coffee there more often. Andrew has said we should go there for lunch one day. I hope it all works, there is always good turnout at the talks but the location is slightly off the well worn track.
Hope everyone is having a good Easter, there was a fascinating half hour controversial religious talk this morning. Questioning the rise of immigrants and Sharia Law in this country. There are some who blog who seem to extort hatred against the Asian (black people have been assimilated don't you know. Well mostly) population, and all the rest. Yes it is a troubled matter, why? because so many of these people are hardworking and take on the work us so called 'British people' are loath to do. Our post office is run by a lovely Asian family, and they receive some racist hatred talk in the public arena but they serve the community well. Trouble is we like to have a go at something that is strange, we stamp on insects without thought and it is the same with our human compatriots. But remember our valiant NHS would not be able to run were it not for people from other countries working in it.
But what to do with the young unskilled contingency that are from other countries I do not know and yet I hope an answer can be found. A thought came to mind whilst writing that. All these charities that go abroad to sink wells for water, to teach people how to grow food in difficult climates, maybe some futures lie their. And there is a hell of lot of rebuilding of houses and infrastructure across the world, think Gaza for instance.
So as another Easter passes in a muddle of religiosity and crap commercialism, not forgetting the folklore myths of old, I would say that we are living through terrible but interesting times.
I'm surprised at the hate of others. Don't we all just want the same things. People who say they are "christians" but don't behave at all as their savior said to behave. Love one another. Do unto others as you would have done to you. Happy Easter, Thelma.
ReplyDeleteBelated Happy Easter to you Ellen. I am just listening to a good book on Audible, a surprise Easter present.
ReplyDeletelast year we were in Lesvos for easter..... and they did these easter bread loaves with painted eggs inside them..... red eggs if i remember rightly..... it was interesting and they, of course, took easter very seriously........ me, as a kid i remember painting eggs with all sorts of natural and some unnatural paints and dyes...... and subsequently rolling the painted eggs down hills with friends and family.... does anyone do this any more?
ReplyDeleteI remember painting eggs as a child but then chocolate eggs became the rage. we also had a basket of small toys to play with. My daughter and partner are in Italy at the moment in Naples and the first photo she sent me was of a shrine, she collects religious stuff, mostly Mary. Goodness knows why though.
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