On Vox: festivals and carnivals
Jul. 23rd, 2007 09:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lauralhI read this while camping this weekend. It's pretty interesting, basically goes over tribal rites, to Dionysus, saints' festivals, to carnivale, and even up to sporting events and rock shows. Also, the French Revolution.
It was really nice to read. I occasionally have trouble putting into words these feelings I get, so it was good to see someone else doing it. And of course the chapter on the prevalence of melancholy in Calvinistic/Puritan societies seemed to be spot on. When societies outlaw big outdoor (or even indoor) parties, everyone suffers.
And then I went to see Maximo Park at Chop Suey and got to put that into action. Good times.
It was really nice to read. I occasionally have trouble putting into words these feelings I get, so it was good to see someone else doing it. And of course the chapter on the prevalence of melancholy in Calvinistic/Puritan societies seemed to be spot on. When societies outlaw big outdoor (or even indoor) parties, everyone suffers.
And then I went to see Maximo Park at Chop Suey and got to put that into action. Good times.
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Date: 2007-07-27 04:04 am (UTC)