[gothic-l] Re: Gothic Dance?

[Ingemar Nordgren]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "hrafnsnest" <wulfsligrs at c...> wrote:
> Hails,
>   While doing some research, I came across something referred to as
> the "Gothic Dance".  The author references the "Byzantine Book of
> Ceremonies".  Can anyone be of assistance here?  Granted, the "Goths"
> mentioned were probably Varangian Guard, but what I'm looking for
> here is a discription of the dance itself.
>
> Thank you,
> Valulfr

Hi Valulfr!

The description says that they took each others hands and danced/ran
round in a circle while crying "jul, jul" and seeming very happy and
merry. It is quite evident the tradition with ringdances on Yule/Jul
is very old. They did indeed belong to the emperors guard and they
were decidedly Northmen/Scandinavians.

Best
Ingemar


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