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Interested in the
traditions of Cornwall? It goes without saying that the best way to
get to grips with everything Cornish is to hire a Cornwall holiday
cottage.
For
those in any doubt that their stay in a Cornwall holiday cottage
will provide them with a very different aspect to British culture,
they need only to consider that before the arrival of the railway a
journey from London to the isolated Cornwall would take about forty
eight hours. Whilst the journey to the peninsula is undoubtedly
quicker than this nowadays, the traditions that developed as a
result of a long-spanning isolation from the rest of Britain are
still very evident today. Below we look at a few of our favourite
traditions in Cornwall.
The
Cornish Fire Festival
If you
decide to visit your Cornwall holiday cottage in mid June you will
be fortunate enough to see the Cornish traditional celebration of
Midsummer’ Eve dating back to pre-Christian times. The pagan
festival, of lighting beacon bonfires, which was later adopted by
the church during the feast of St John is still going strong to
this day. On the 23rd of June the Midsummer’ Eve beacons
can be seen up and down the length and breadth of
Cornwall.
Geese
Dancing
If you are
interested in Geese Dancing then the Padstow Boxing Day
celebrations might the right place for you to go. The original idea
behind Geese dancing was that people disguised themselves in fancy
dress outfits and went around the town getting themselves into all
kind of mischief which could not be pinned on them as their
identity remained hidden behind the fancy dress outfit.
Mock
Mayor Elections
Polperro a small
harbour village on the south coats of Cornwall has worked hard to
keep the tradition of the mock mayor alive. Every Saturday before
Midsummer the town holds mock mayor elections. The mayor and
entourage of guizers and Cornish Piper wander around the village
distributing Polperro “Banknotes” and inspecting the quality of the
beer in the local inns. At the end of their wanderthe Mayor is
taken to the harbour and ceremoniously dropped in.
If you
are interested in learning more about Cornwall’s fascinating
culture and traditions then why not come to Cornwall and stay in a
superior Cornwall holiday cottage provided by JTJ.
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