▶ BBC Archive - #OnThisDay 1948: The villagers of Abbots Bromley | the weird and wonderful world of English folk customs | hobby horse videos

BBC Archive - #OnThisDay 1948: The villagers of Abbots Bromley...:
1948: "The villagers of Abbots Bromley performed their annual traditional dance. Warning: contains some horny imagery."

Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, Staffordshire, c. 1938 | English Folk dance and song society

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Hooden Horse, Beckenham, Kent, 1950 (Photographer: Unknown) | English Folk dance and song society

English Folk Dance and Song Society: The National Organisation for the Development of the Folk ArtsCecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park RoadLondon

i am particularly intrigued by hobby horses... and, ended up starting a playlist:

hobby horse playlist on Youtube

getting karinding and celempung bamboo instruments from West Java | new playlist: "Celempung (West Java bamboo)

this bamboo is too big and heavy, making the shipping cost too great; so Billal Al Shabill is going to the forest to find a smaller one to send! :) – to be shipped with karinding (bamboo jaw harp), toleat (bamboo flute), and batik!

Toleat and Karinding

(previous on Facebook), harvesting bamboo to make celempung in West Java: https://www.facebook.com/robert.cherwink/posts/10207404502810129?pnref=story

videos of the instrument being played: a new playlist on my YouTube channel: "Celempung (West Java bamboo):"
https://www.youtube.com/playlist…

SEE UPDATE AT: whats more: re: getting karinding and celempung bamboo instruments from West Java

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