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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-04/pagan-fire-festival-imbolc-marks-end-of-winter-in-britain/9394498


Druids and Celtic gods paraded through the streets of a northern English village as locals gathered to watch a ritual battle between winter and spring unfold in an ancient ritual with roots dating back to pre-Roman times.

The Imbolc fire festival is one of four major holidays in paganism that fall between seasonal solstices. It marks a return of light and the end of winter.

The festival features a clash between two giant figures — an icy Jack Frost and a leaf-covered Green Man.

The festival in Marsden, West Yorkshire, began with a procession of villagers dressed as druids and gods.

Festival organiser Freyja Boycott-Garnett said spring officially began when the Green Man defeated Jack Frost.

"It's a celebration of all the daffodils coming out, flowers coming out, and little baby lambs being born," she said.

Imbolc, believed to be associated with the pagan fertility goddess Brigid, is believed to have been adapted by Christians into Saint Brigid's Day and Candlemas — which commemorates the presentation of Jesus at the Temple.

In Ireland, people donned animal masks and held flaming pitchforks to take part in a 'Biddy's Day' parade in the town of Killorglin in the country's south-west.






There's a video through the original link, which isn't at all nightmare fuel whatsoever. nosiree.


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That looks absolutely glorious! I just lit a fire in my backyard.

It's always amazing to see how differently Imbolc is celebrated in different locales, and how that contrasts with how universal it is.

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Thats pretty cool. The wife and I are building a travel list of things to go and see and I would love to witness a pagan festival like that
   
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We'll find out soon enough eh.

Ah yes, the old pagan revival festivals, great fun. Or at least, they were until the Polis figured out that most of the folk attending the one where I grew up were there to get stoned out of their gourds and watch the fire dancers

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