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Judith Proctor ([personal profile] watervole) wrote2011-02-21 10:23 am
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Greek mumming play

See this page - http://ezinearticles.com/?Greek-Carnivals&id=987977 - for a play that bears resonances with the typical English mumming play. Note the role of the doctor in reviving the loser in the fight.  The Moor might be a relative of the 'Turkish Knight' in many English plays.
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[identity profile] vjezkova.livejournal.com 2011-02-21 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, there might be some common roots also for the Czech traditions.

[identity profile] vjezkova.livejournal.com 2011-02-22 09:37 am (UTC)(link)
Definitely it is the DOctor we share and some similar talking. It seems that here, if not guarded properly, the original traditions shift towards a senseless and vulgar babbling that has nothing in common with the traditional ceremony. To put it straight - they have a chance to get drunk. Fortunately there is one village (can´t tell you know, I am at work) that managed to get the traditions on the UNESCO World Heritage List!
I really wish I had time and more chance to explore and compare the findings with you.
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[identity profile] watervole.livejournal.com 2011-02-22 09:54 am (UTC)(link)
Hm. I hesitate to suggest it, but it is quite possible that the people who did it historically also got drunk now and then... People don't change that much.

I do hope you can tell me a little bit about your mumming play. Who are the characters, how far back do records go (ours seem to have appeared roughly 150 years ago), do they speak in verse?
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