What do you think is different in your country compared to the others?Like the way people behave or some tradition,etc.I mean to ask what do you think,most people from other countries will find strange in your country if they visit there?
An old East Anglian tradition is Molly dancing (not to be confused with Morris dancing). So during the 19th/early 20th centuries, between winter and the ploughing season for farmers, ploughboys who were out of work would go around dressed as fools and blackface for the local landowners and dance in exchange for money to make a living. Now the reason they dressed and blacked up was as a disguise because if they weren't paid they would plough and ruin the land owners land (like trick or treat for halloween), which would ruin later chances of employment. And the reason it's called Molly dancing is because the head of the group would be dressed as a woman called the Molly which comes from the word milksop (effeminate man).
youtu.be/fvmAyL9kDLo?t=69
youtu.be/fvmAyL9kDLo?t=69
Is this tradition followed now also,@Jackurokawa ?
@Racingkingsplayer It kind of died out after WWII, but there's still some groups that do it. I remember when I was in primary school we had a local group of molly dancers teach us and a couple of other schools for a few weeks before putting on a show by this pub near Littleport called The Ship Inn on the River Ouse. And one of the dances they did was about a murder that took place at that pub.
During the 1650s, two prisoners of war had escaped and had been on the run for days and came across this pub on a river bank owned by a dutch couple. In need of money and provisions, they break into the pub, kill the landlord and lady and take whatever they could carry.
Eventually the murderers were caught, tried and found guilty of murder. In these days, if you were found guilty of killing someone from another land you would be executed in a similar way to the victims native country. So they were taken back to the pub, had nooses tied around their neck which was attatched to a wooden beam and would be left to drown in rivers high tide. The beam was removed some years later because it kept getting in the way of barges travelling down the River Ouse, and was apparently used in the expansion of the pub.
During the 1650s, two prisoners of war had escaped and had been on the run for days and came across this pub on a river bank owned by a dutch couple. In need of money and provisions, they break into the pub, kill the landlord and lady and take whatever they could carry.
Eventually the murderers were caught, tried and found guilty of murder. In these days, if you were found guilty of killing someone from another land you would be executed in a similar way to the victims native country. So they were taken back to the pub, had nooses tied around their neck which was attatched to a wooden beam and would be left to drown in rivers high tide. The beam was removed some years later because it kept getting in the way of barges travelling down the River Ouse, and was apparently used in the expansion of the pub.
So, you've learnt this dance form during school days,@Jackurokawa ?
@Racingkingsplayer Yeah, at the time it was fun since it killed time at school but I wouldn't do it if I had the choice XD
Australian "white" culture is not really old enough to have many traditions of it's own.One thing we do that overseas visitors remark on is sitting in the front seat of a taxi if you are travelling alone...if two or more males are travelling,one will sit up front.Either party (passenger/s or driver)may initiate the conversation,which by trip's end will have solved the world's problems,revealed to each other the most intimate personal details,and made you best buddies forever.Experienced people can achieve this feat in 5 minutes flat on a short trip.
This has the potential to be a very interesting thread.
This has the potential to be a very interesting thread.
#7
Most curious, within that tradition is it considered rude if one party chooses not to engage the conversation?
Most curious, within that tradition is it considered rude if one party chooses not to engage the conversation?
(#7, continued)
In my town, Atlanta, it is good form to "make conversation" when you ride an elevator and there are other passengers that you may (or probably do not) know. Makes me bonkers, I am quite introverted.
In my town, Atlanta, it is good form to "make conversation" when you ride an elevator and there are other passengers that you may (or probably do not) know. Makes me bonkers, I am quite introverted.
This topic has been archived and can no longer be replied to.