My Holiday Card to You

[Tika]

this is on topic: the parade is held in Austria. It's a pre-Christian Alpine (Austria) tradition to "keep the evil winter spirits away". Seidel
Pass...Perchlen Lauf...
as an artist I found this overwhelmingly beautiful. I send this pagan parade as a gift to protect your plants thru the winter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmfQqyXHAeI

hope the link works

[Tika]

Depends on the parade and by design to keep winter evil spirits away

[kingfish]

Germans have some pretty creepy traditions. I remember growing up with books like Der Struwelpeter and Max und Moritz.. Look it up. Pretty sick shit.

[Tika]

I meant it as a gift, the discord is to provide protection.
There is always Disneyland.

[alltatup]

I'll take a pagan ceremony banishing evil spirits over Disneyland any day of the year!!!!!!!!

[Tika]

Me too
meant no offense

[insomniaczzz]

Me too
meant no offense

Tka, you mentioned on another thread that this is a Pagan ritual? I am not offended, and I admit I know nothing about Paganism.

[insomniaczzz]

Please don't apologize for posting it. We all love you.

[insomniaczzz]

I have to admit when I saw the title, I thought it was going to be a picture of those big beautiful nuggets you are curing. LOL

[insomniaczzz]

I tried to google this so I could find out more about it. I thought for sure wiki would have something. Very few hits came up and the few that did were written in (German?).

[Tika]

. The parade was meant as a gift. A winter fest against winter evil (crops being damaged)
i still mean it
no offense ment
no apology

[Flockshot]

I just had a dream that I got attacked by big White Widow Buds and they had horns.

[alltatup]

They were protecting you from evil spirits!!!!!!! ;-}

[Tika]

Did you check your pH?

[insomniaczzz]

Good zing Tika@

[insomniaczzz]

I just had a dream that I got attacked by big White Widow Buds and they had horns.

The parade is meant to protect your plants, not you. Maybe the dream means you are not treating them well. LOL

[Tika]

Parade is winter event
the discord is to ward off winter evil spirits

[alltatup]

Right: it's the darkest, gloomiest time of year, we need protection from all those grumpy shoppers out there!! You notice how hostile so many folks can get at this time of year? All of these ancient rituals are linked, I believe: lighting the candles for Hannukah, the star guiding the wise men to Bethlehem, these lovely pagans drumming away evil spirits, and my own personal favorite: vapeing herb to chase away my fears of Trump!!!!

[insomniaczzz]

tika, here is the one that I found on youtube that I mentioned earlier in another thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfY8XCE9auI

[Tika]

Yes I saw that insom. There are several out there. I looked a few on how the headdresses and costumes are made. Still trying to find what plant is used. The gathering of plant material/assembly looks like a bunch of bud trimmers in Humboldt County ( but they are dressed ) thanks for the link