I just ordered the book!
This sort of thing has been of interest to me for about 25 years, after I discovered the Swiss-Austrian WinterSpring festival of Fastnacht, and the related Guggenmusik.
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tubaman, Sun 19 Feb 2017, 23:31,
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with a username like that it's no surprise.
Prufrock: I pissed on Mark E Smith's boot on hogmannay whilst explaining Samhain and Lugnhasa to some 'mericans.
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The Ann Coulter Fan Club Babylon is burning at, Mon 20 Feb 2017, 0:51,
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When tourists from the region saw my band playing in San Francisco
They would ask if we were a Guggenmusik band - we had no idea what they were asking about.
It was not until I stumbled upon a picture of one of the bands on Teh Internets that I figured it out. The history is quite interesting, as these sort of traditions go.
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tubaman, Mon 20 Feb 2017, 4:41,
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I hope they were evangelists
You should have continued with an explanation about Eostre and Yule.
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