#harvest dance

[brenna-ivy]

Last October I played the character Valemon at the Victorian fae gathering LARP A Harvest Dance.

Valemon is a character from a Norwegian fairy tale: a king cursed to be a polar bear. They were an old, wise, protective, and empathetic creature, making sure no mortal would accidentally wander through the Veil into the Fae realm. On the other hand, they were secretive, sad, bitter, and stuck in their ways. It’s hard to teach an old bear new tricks.

During the Harvest Dance, Valemon did their best to protect their child Alvar. No one, not even Alvar, knew that they were Valemon’s human child, and Valemon did everything in their might to keep that a secret. Who knows what those other fae would say or do if they found out...?

I learnt everything about this character three days before the game. A player had dropped out last-minute and I got to fill in for them. The costume was almost completely provided by the organizers and they helped me to get familiar with the character.

This was one of the most intense LARPs I've ever played, and honestly, I've still not completely recovered from all the torment and grief this character went through. It was an absolute honor though, and polar bears are now a new favorite animal of mine.

A Harvest Dance is a LARP by Poltergeist LARP

The pictures were taken by It’s Tsesi

My other Harvest Dance characters

[melynafoxclaw]

nope - The Harvest Dance by Melyna Foxclaw Via Flickr: nope. cyanide punk ripped shirt shown on the eBody Reborn. Check out the blog post for all the information and credits! BLOG & CREDITS

[pucatronictv]

Junya

Born in Tokyo Started DJ activities in 2008 After that, he joined Harvest Dance and performed in various places around the country, including their roots in Obihiro, Hokkaido. Moved to England in 2018, He's been a part of London's underground scene, hitting big clubs and local parties every weekend. 

He returned to Japan after experiencing the real music and culture of Romania and other European countries on the floor. He builds around Minimal House, and specializes in selecting songs that suit the time and place. Its Groove and sense of stability are highly evaluated by discerning overseas DJs and clubbers.

https://on.soundcloud.com/cnSbHynEyWFUexLFA

[the-artist-grimm]

COTLTOBER DAY 6 - "Ritual"

You get what you give, you reap what you sow-

I just think using a dance to trace the blood runes for a ritual would be pretty~

[aurelion-solar]

Legends of Runeterra: Dreamlit Paths - Lillia Followers Ophelis Gardener - The Dewdrop Harvest - Petal Pixie - Sprite Mother - Tree Sprites- Mister Root - Drowsy Dewdrop - The Heart of the Tree - Blooming Bud - Dream-Laden Bough - Sprite Dance

[meirimerens]

the pathologic Kin is largely fictionalized with a created language that takes from multiple sources to be its own, a cosmogony & spirituality that does not correlate to the faiths (mostly Tengrist & Buddhist) practiced by the peoples it takes inspirations from, has customs, mores and roles invented for the purposes of the game, and even just a style of dress that does not resemble any of these peoples', but it is fascinating looking into specifically to me the sigils and see where they come from... watch this:

P2 Layers glyphs take from the mongolian script:

while the in-game words for Blood, Bones and Nerves are mongolian directly, it is interesting to note that their glyphs do not have a phonetic affiliation to the words (ex. the "Yas" layer of Bones having for glyph the equivalent of the letter F, the "Medrel" layer of Nerves having a glyph the equivalent of the letter È,...)

the leatherworks on the Kayura models', with their uses of angles and extending lines, remind me of the Phags Pa Script (used for Tibetan, Mongolian, Chineses, Uyghur language, and others)

some of the sigils also look either in part or fully inspired by Phags Pa script letters...

some look closer to the mongolian or vagindra (buryat) script

looking at the Herb Brides & their concept art, we can see bodypainting that looks like vertical buryat or mongolian script (oh hi (crossed out: Mark) Phags Pa script):

shaped and reshaped...

[wolfsteax]

Samhain Upon Us

[wallpapersmonster]

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[kaleidoscopexsighs]

unfortunately the greek wolfstar AU that materialized in my brain mere hours ago goes crazy

[neosatsuma]

not to be a hater but some of you really need to play Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life. then you'll see

[dianasson]

Dancing at Lúnasa eve with Will Woodson and Cait Finley.

Happy harvest! 🔥🌾🎻

[the-herdier]

A song for your more wholesome werewolf couples :)

[princefleabitten]

Year 1 Autumn Sketches

Lou’s just trying to be supportive, ok?

[1000-year-old-virgin]

King Harvest - Dancing in the Moonlight

[molkolsdal]

"During the month of Muharram - the first month of the Islamic calendar - in regions of Central and South India, people dress up as tigers as part of a cultural practice that goes back centuries. They wear masks, paint tiger stripes on their bodies, and move and act like a tiger. There is even a "tiger dance." Some sources say that, within the context of Muharram, the purpose of imitating a tiger is to show that Imam Hussein’s bravery and strength can be comparable to that of a tiger. (During Muharram, Shia Muslims mourn the death and sacrifice of the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, Imam Hussein ibn Ali, in the battle of Kerbala).

This practice of imitating tigers is also seen in other rituals in different regions of India, such as in Kerala, where people are dressed as tigers to celebrate the harvest each year. It's known as Puli kali (tiger dance). In Tamil Nadu, it's known as Puliyattam. In Andhra Pradesh, it's called Pulivesham.

It is unclear where the cultural practice of imitating tigers began from and how it spread and blended into different communities around India."