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<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</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;">Dear Lowlanders,</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;">Last night I wrote about the up-and-coming project:</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<div style="margin-left: 40px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><b>Things They Left Us</b><br>Folk traditions of the Lowlands worldwide<br></div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><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="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><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="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">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>
</div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">And silly me forgot to mention an important category:</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><b>tales, fables. legends</b><br></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Don't forget about two types of these: bedside stories and spooky stories. These are very popular, meaning that people out there look for them to put their kids to sleep or to scare 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;">
And as a part of "myths" if you will:</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><b>mythical figures</b><br>
</li></ul>
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">And last but most likely not least, another important category we have discussed many times:</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<li><b>games</b></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">This is assuming they are traditional rather than newly invented.</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;">I am likely to think of more categories along the way, and so are all of you. If your cultures are Lowlands-derived, just cast your minds back to your childhoods.</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;">If it goes the way I hope it will, this will be a popular series of presentations.</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;">Regards,</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Reinhard/Ron</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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