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   hankg (hankg@friendica.myportal.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 06:34:56 JST hankg
   I never bothered to learn the origins of the Renaissance Faire/Festival phenomenon in the US. I had assumed it had analogs to some sort of festivals in Europe. Nope it's a 100% American creation. It always felt more Medieval than Renaissance era too, which it always was apparently. It was just the people sponsoring the first one in 1963 thought Medieval had negative connotation to so many people so they opted for the more enlightened era name Renaissance. That and a whole lots of tidbits in this neat video. #history #RenaissanceFaire #RenaissanceFestival #LivingHistory youtu.be/gvHCNJwbsfs?si=nLjHr0…
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     hankg (hankg@friendica.myportal.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 06:45:39 JST hankg

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     @goatsarah Do they have it at all nowadays? I was surprised how much some of these American events have popped up back in Europe now but wasn't sure about RennFest.