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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe"><span class="EP8xU" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Thomas Mc Rae</span> <span class="lDACoc"><<a href="mailto:t.mcrae@uq.net.au">t.mcrae@uq.net.au</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe">LL-L "Projects" 2008.06.20 (04) [E]<br><br></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">OK how's about the simple "History, Culture, & Traditions" ?</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><div>On 21/06/2008, at 4:24 AM, R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><div class="Ih2E3d"><br><blockquote type="cite">
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title Theo, Paul and I are talking about is for the folk traditions
project. Not all folk traditions involve language, at least not
directly. Included is material culture, beliefs and rituals, such as
visual arts, crafts, celebrations, beliefs, customs, tools,
architecture, clothing, games, etc., aside from sayings, rhymes, songs,
stories, and other types of oral traditions.<br></span></blockquote></div></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="">
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<div>Regards</div><div>Tom Mc Rae</div><div>Brisbane AUSTRALIA</div><div>An honest man's the noblest work of God</div><div>Robert Burns</div></div></span></div></span> </div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">----------</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: Arthur Jones <<a href="mailto:arthurobin2002@yahoo.com">arthurobin2002@yahoo.com</a>></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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Subject: Lowlands-L "Projects" 2008.20.06</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe"><br>
</span><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Hi Lowlanders,</div>
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<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I only now got round to looking at the background page for the new
"History" project, aka "Water under the Bridge", or "Look at What they
Left us in" or "A Sluice of Life".</div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Joking aside, I was really moved by Ron's artistry and with the
loving care he put into the text and illustrations. It conveys a true
richness of heritage, a colourful pageant of unique lowlands history.
Very inspiring. Thanks, Ron.</div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">mvg,</div>
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<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Arthur<br><br></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font color="#ff0000">ARTHUR A. JONES</font></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">----------</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: R. F. Hahn <</span><a style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: Projects<br><br>Thanks, Tom and Arthur.<br><br>Thanks also for the compliments, Arthur, which I return with respect to your contribution at the new history site (<a href="http://lowlands-l.net/history/">http://lowlands-l.net/history/</a>).<br>
<br>OK, I suspect some of you out there are confused. So please listen carefully this time, boys and girls!<br><br>There are <b><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">TWO (2)</span></b> new presentations in the making.<br><br>
The first is already accessible, well connected and receptive:<br><br></span><div style="margin-left: 40px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Water under The Bridge</b><br>Things past but not forgotten—<br>History of the Lowlands worldwide<br>
</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://lowlands-l.net/history/">http://lowlands-l.net/history/</a><br></div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br>
This is a done deal and is solely devoted to <b>history</b>, though much of it does and will overlap and will be cross-posted with works displayed in the Gallery and in the Travel Guide.<br><br>Please read the introduction and the submissions page to get ideas.<br>
<br>The <b>following, separate<i> </i></b>presentation will be devoted to <b>folk traditions</b>. It is not yet accessible but should be shortly. I have begun putting it together, and it will be most beauteous to behold, if I may say so myself ;-) , with an antique, folksy and somewhat whimsical twist on the same basic design of the entire series.<br>
<br>I have already finished the top banner:<br><br></span><div style="margin-left: 40px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Things They Left Us</b><br>Folk traditions of the Lowlands worldwide<br></div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br>
I will tell you when the doors are open to this one. You may already begin sending in submissions for this one, anything from short paragraphs to <i>bona fide </i>journal article. Suitable topics include the following, all with the word "traditional" in front of them:<br>
</span><ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><li>holidays, festivals and rituals</li><li>customs</li><li>taboos<br></li><li>architecture<br></li><li>foods</li><li>superstitions<br></li><li>sayings, proverbs, aphorisms</li>
<li>farmers' wisdom<br></li><li>divining, healing, soothsaying<br></li><li>color, plant and animal symbolisms<br></li><li>music, musical instruments, song, dance<br></li><li>arts, crafts, tools<br></li><li>costumes, fabrics, needle work, etc.</li>
</ul><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">And this is merely a selection off the top of my head. Written material may include personal memories and the like. Local, regional, national ... they are all of interest. You don't need to limit this to your own traditions but may present accounts of your encounters with other Lowlands-related traditions. Besides written material you may send in lists, facsimiles, photographs, maps, drawings, paintings, audio files, sheet music and video clips -- all as long as there are no copyright problems. You retain copyright to your own works, merely give us permission to display them.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Now that sounds really exciting, doesn't it? I know that many of you are into this sort of thing. We've already discussed lots of these things over the years.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">So get cracking, dear people!</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks!<br><br>Reinhard/Ron</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">