I've Got Friends in Low Places... And Low Countries: Folk Magic in the Netherlands with Nay Noordman
Sat, Aug 06
|Online Event


Time & Location
Aug 06, 2022, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
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About the event
Sitting precariously below sea level and stuck between larger nations often at odds with each other, the Netherlands has always stood at a crossroads. Indeed, the famed secularism of the Low Countries can be seen as essential to the region's survival. But what happens when we take a look outside of the glistening trading cities of Holland? What do we see when we look to the provinces that are often unmentioned during the Dutch Golden Age? This class will focus on the lesser known folklore and cunning arts found in the farmlands and fishing villages of the Northern and Eastern provinces of the Netherlands -- places that sit at their own crossroads of older regional traditions and modern national identity. Topics will include the veneration of mighty dead and folk saints that survived the Reformation, the Duivelbanners who continued to practice their magical arts openly in some provinces into the 20th…
Tickets
Individual Class
$30.00
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