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Custom: Holiday
IN THE CENTER OF THE TOWN, THE UNATTACHED MEN WALKED
AROUND THE PLAZA COUNTER-CLOCKWISE, WHILE THE UNMARRIED
GIRLS WALKED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. OCCASIONALLY,
THE GIRLS WILL REST ON OVERLOOKING BALCONIES, FROM
WHICH THEY WILL THROW SMALL DARTS TRAILING COLORED
STREAMERS. AFTER THE PARADE, THE MAN IS ENTITLED
TO VISIT ONLY BALCONIES DECORATED IN THE COLORS MATCHING
THE STREAMERS HE HOLDS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated and Motifs added / 02-28-2011 / TRD
Where learned: Magazine
Keyword(s): Balcony ; COURTSHIP ; Dart ; ETHNIC ; Female ; Flirtation ; Male ; Parade ; Ribbon ; Spain ; Spanish ; Streamer ; Streamers
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern |
Ethnic: Moravian
Burial Custom: Moravian:
Every Easter, headstones are brought to uniform whitenes and flowers bedeck virtually every grave of deceased Moravian members at Old Salem, North Carolina. At sunrise, approximately half a dozen bands march into the graveyard to celebrate the risen lord.
Submitter comment:
Read in National Geographic Magazine, Dec. 1970
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: Myself ; Magazine
Keyword(s): BURIAL ; CUSTOM ; Easter ; ETHNIC ; Funeral ; Moravian
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |