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Fun and Viking Games - June 2004
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must have been great fun though. In a castle nearby, they organise highland games every year with pole throwing and piping contests and the whole lot. Always good entertainment. (no i don't live in Scotland, it's just something that a local group of highland-fans organise)
I very happy to see no arrows or axes in the walls of the nearby buildings! I guess there is something to be said for your aim...or could you shoot that far? 
Was it all in fun or was there a competition to it?
Were there any Vikings there telling futures with Runes?
Was it all in fun or was there a competition to it?
Were there any Vikings there telling futures with Runes?
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We have the Scottish Games here in Wellington next weekend. I will try to get over there to get some pictures of the caber toss and other events. Luckily our plants require hearing protection so I will have plenty of ear plugs for the bag pipe competition.
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We had pole throwing, but no bag pipes. Does that count?DDaenen1 said:
Um... err....RCBeyette said:
We could and did, unfortunately... See the picture of the slightly upset (ok, very upset) lady below? Well it appears somebody missed the building and nearly nicked her instead. All of a sudden, there she was, growling as a momma bear, wondering if the arrow belonged to us. I don't know what she was on about though, a miss is as good as a mile, right?Oh, yes, and a very fierce competition it was. I don't know about soothsaying, but as a matter of fact the guy in the second picture was writing home to tell the tale. I say, has he never heard about E-mail? Or maybe he's just trying to avoid using Mickeysoft products?RCBeyette said:
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Whatever else you can say about the event, the following verities hold:Claes Gefvenberg said:We had pole throwing, but no bag pipes. Does that count?
Um... err....
Oh, yes, and a very fierce competition it was. I don't know about soothsaying, but as a matter of fact the guy in the second picture was writing home to tell the tale. I say, has he never heard about E-mail? Or maybe he's just trying to avoid using Mickeysoft products?
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- The weather looked great!
- Some of the costumes looked pretty authentic (some looked like Kmart after-Hallowe'en sale items)
- Some of those rough, tough Vikings are in worse shape than I am
- The long boats are reminiscent of our other member's canoe races
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I can't see all of the faces. Are you in one of the pictures? Or were you in hiding because of that mis-spent arrow.
I can't see all of the faces. Are you in one of the pictures? Or were you in hiding because of that mis-spent arrow.
Well, I was thinking an expensive one, I guess. I'm sure I can't afford an antique. Thinking of my mantle over the fireplace here, I guess...
I've seen a lot of programs on channels such as the History Channel and I remember (much less so) some stuff from my educational days. You know how it goes - until the internet, and now a vast number of satellite TV channels, history was filtered through every country's history book lens.
I visited Norway, Dennmark and Sweden youth hosteling back in 1965-66. In fact, there was a program on the other night which had a map of the 'region' and I reaquainted myself to the geography. A typical American, I couldn't sit down and draw a map of each country in one canvas from memory.
Anyway, I saw the pictures and thought about some of what I think I know about the Viking society from programs about some of the raised and reconstructed Viking ships (you noticed, I'm sure, I capitalized Viking in the thread as recognition), colonization of areas of North America (and everything in between) and other related programs. There are some good programs on Viking ship construction. I'm sorta interested in the sea and navigation in general (in the spread of civilizations, mostly) - I had read about the Kon-Tiki, visited the museum and even built a model of it (including the same types of wood!).
Anyway - I thought that in one documentary I saw that they said that the horned helmets were not 'typical'. I can't remember the details of the story off hand. And let's face it - When one thinks Viking, one thinks bullet head shaped helmets with a big horn on each side.
Questions:
1. What was the role of the headgear - Was it a rank identifier?
2. What were the originals made of (each component, such as what kind of animal were the horns from)?
Very neat pictures! Good quality, too! I really liked the pictures of the boat race.
I've seen a lot of programs on channels such as the History Channel and I remember (much less so) some stuff from my educational days. You know how it goes - until the internet, and now a vast number of satellite TV channels, history was filtered through every country's history book lens.
I visited Norway, Dennmark and Sweden youth hosteling back in 1965-66. In fact, there was a program on the other night which had a map of the 'region' and I reaquainted myself to the geography. A typical American, I couldn't sit down and draw a map of each country in one canvas from memory.
Anyway, I saw the pictures and thought about some of what I think I know about the Viking society from programs about some of the raised and reconstructed Viking ships (you noticed, I'm sure, I capitalized Viking in the thread as recognition), colonization of areas of North America (and everything in between) and other related programs. There are some good programs on Viking ship construction. I'm sorta interested in the sea and navigation in general (in the spread of civilizations, mostly) - I had read about the Kon-Tiki, visited the museum and even built a model of it (including the same types of wood!).
Anyway - I thought that in one documentary I saw that they said that the horned helmets were not 'typical'. I can't remember the details of the story off hand. And let's face it - When one thinks Viking, one thinks bullet head shaped helmets with a big horn on each side.
Questions:
1. What was the role of the headgear - Was it a rank identifier?
2. What were the originals made of (each component, such as what kind of animal were the horns from)?
Very neat pictures! Good quality, too! I really liked the pictures of the boat race.
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