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Friar, following the faint footprints back into time, a lovely path...
posted by
benzinha
on June 10, 2004 at 12:33 PM
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Yes...
but there seems to be an older strain that goes back to ancient Greece: it is about the tradition revolving around the Minotaur. There was a feature in National Geographic, I think (or was it Discovery?) about practices surrounding bulls... I am not sure now.
posted by
Friar__Tuck
on June 10, 2004 at 5:30 AM
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They are from the old 'auto da fe' tradition in Brasil and my favorite was
Bumba Meu Boi ( Bumba My Bull), in the traditions that I know of. I think that they started in Spain and Portugal, no? Travelling religious plays and holiday re-enactments.
posted by
benzinha
on June 10, 2004 at 2:35 AM
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