Sunday 21 January 2018

Twenty-Four

A scattering of faces of the performers and dancers at last weekend's Straw Bear Festival in Whittlesey. A wide variety of facial painting, facial hair and facial expressions:
      

and a couple more videos of the dancing:






Take care.



16 comments:

  1. :) gotta love the Braveheart court jester!

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  2. Lots of character in those faces, John. I enjoyed the dancing too. What a wonderful festival!

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  3. Great Morris dancing. Thanks so much.

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  4. Funny ole thing the Morris. Never seen these tall hats before.

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  5. Would you have anything calming to say to an anxious foreigner that has seen this kind of festivals only in British murder mysteries where someone is always killed in the dark forest in a neo-pagan ritual? ;)

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  6. This group of posts has been fascinating!

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  7. What fun! A fabulous collage of painted characters John.. enjoyed the dancing too 😀

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  8. A great collection of portraits, John. All so different and colourful.

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  9. Love the portraits John. Brilliant idea.

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  10. So much character in those faces.
    I enjoyed the dancing too.

    Many thanks.

    All the best Jan

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  11. Terrific face captures, John. I must come back and watch the videos of the dancing.

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  12. This festival seems to be very funny and a feast for the eyes!
    (I looked at your previous posts, too - and I also like all the nature you show!)
    Greetings from Austria
    Traude

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  13. There's some funny folk out on the Fens John. :)

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  14. Great dancing and lots of fun. The face portraits are fantastic, John. I enjoy seeing all the characters who live out there, they sure do enjoy themselves and spread the good times around.

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