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Follow the Bear: Stunning photo exhibition celebrates Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival

Follow the Bear: Stunning photo exhibition celebrates Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival
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The Quietus | Features | Craft/Work | Journeys Through Ritual Britain: Ben Edge & The Museum of British Folklore

John McMahon , June 5th, 2021 07:55 John McMahon previews a new exhibition exploring UK calendar customs, from the Museum of British Folklore and the artist Ben Edge Whittlesea Straw Bear, Ben Edge, 2020 © Ben Edge “The present generation has witnessed the extinction of many observances which our fathers practiced and revered, and doubtless the progress of decay will continue. We have entered upon a diminished inheritance” So wrote the Berkshire Reverend, historian and freemason PH Ditchfield, in 1896 s Old English Customs. And it is undoubtedly true that Britain s folklore, vernacular arts, and calendar customs have weathered at least two centuries of colossal pressure from continuous social change. In

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