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xoxoxoBruce 05-14-2008 10:55 PM

May 15, 2008: Dancer
 
How'd you like to meet this guy in a moonlit forest?

http://cellar.org/2008/dancer.jpg
© 2008 Wanda Extrom, used here by permission
Photographer's flickr gallery

This dancer was photographed by someone called Oneshotww, at a powwow, in Fredericksburg, TX.

Posted on Wunderground.

OB 05-15-2008 01:18 AM

Wow, Phantom of the Dance.

That is eerily...beautiful.

SPUCK 05-15-2008 04:20 AM

It would be bad cuz if I was wandering thru a moonlit forest I would likely be packin heat.

Trilby 05-15-2008 07:13 AM

I would love it. Esp. if it was Elspode all dressed up for Beltane.

ajaccio 05-15-2008 09:06 AM

Dancer
 
He is magnificent.

HungLikeJesus 05-15-2008 09:12 AM

What's eating his head?

skysidhe 05-15-2008 09:38 AM

Forest?

HungLikeJesus 05-15-2008 09:59 AM

The photo seems to be defective. There's a diagonal stripe across his chest that looks out of place.

runswithknives 05-15-2008 10:28 AM

Yeah i noticed that also. Just slide that stripe down a couple cm and abracadabra, all better.

This reminds me of the creature from "The Village."

Shawnee123 05-15-2008 11:16 AM

That's Edward Featherhands!

xoxoxoBruce 05-15-2008 11:18 AM

Yeah, I don't know what that's about? It doesn't show in this picture.

http://cellar.org/2008/dancer2.jpg
© 2008 Wanda Extrom, used here by permission

[speculation] The photographer said, "Almost every time I tried to get a pic of this dancer, he had a camera up to his face taking photos of others, LOL."
Maybe he was trying to photoshop out a camera strap, where the color picture was taken during a dance. [/speculation]

Cloud 05-15-2008 11:28 AM

well, but . . . he's not actually dancing.

xoxoxoBruce 05-15-2008 11:30 AM

Well but, he is. :p

Clodfobble 05-15-2008 02:00 PM

A friend of mine in college was way into the Native American cultures and the local powows--back in the day, you can be certain he would have been at this particular one in Fredericksburg, but I don't know if he keeps up with it anymore... anyway, a couple of us were out driving in his girlfriend's car (he had no license because he was blind in one eye, but that's another story) and we got pulled over by a state trooper. He starts sweating bullets, and doesn't calm down until the speeding ticket's been written and the guy is long gone. We asked what was up, since this kid was the last person on Earth to be holding drugs or anything.

Turns out he had his authentic headdress in the trunk from a recent powow. As customary, it had real eagle feathers on it. These were collected from birds which were already dead, but it doesn't matter: they're completely illegal, and carry a multi-thousand-dollar fine per feather. City cops wouldn't know or care what they were looking at, but the state troopers around the rural areas where the powows are held usually do.

Cloud 05-15-2008 03:03 PM

I think Native Americans are granted certain exceptions for religious purposes though

Gravdigr 05-15-2008 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 453774)
How'd you like to meet this guy in a moonlit forest?

Quote:

Originally Posted by skysidhe (Post 453872)
Forest?

Yep. I'm gonna say it. Wait. Waaaaaiiiiiiit for it...All together now:
"Run Forest, Run!!!"

Shawnee123 05-15-2008 04:03 PM

"I know what trees are, Jennny."

xoxoxoBruce 05-15-2008 04:48 PM

Well, what's the likely-hood of meeting him in a dark alley? The city denizens would pluck him like a turkey.

Sundae 05-15-2008 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 454019)
Yep. I'm gonna say it. Wait. Waaaaaiiiiiiit for it...All together now:
"Run Forest, Run!!!"

And yet when I saw your post, my instinctive reaction was, "Run, Ethel... run..."
10 points and a lollipop for the quote.

Shawnee123 05-15-2008 05:29 PM

The Streak? Oh, that's "Don't look, Ethel!" :blush:

footfootfoot 05-15-2008 05:30 PM

How'd you like to meet this guy in a moonlit forest?

As long as I was wearing my brown pants...

Clodfobble 05-15-2008 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud
I think Native Americans are granted certain exceptions for religious purposes though

What if you're just a plain ol' white guy with a strong cultural interest? :)

Tree Fae 05-15-2008 07:30 PM

That outfit would be considered quite over dressed for Beltane. Less is the key word for the day. After all its the festival of fertility, gotta love it.:D


Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianna (Post 453834)
I would love it. Esp. if it was Elspode all dressed up for Beltane.


xoxoxoBruce 05-15-2008 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble (Post 454057)
What if you're just a plain ol' white guy with a strong cultural interest? :)

You still have to get your Peyote illegally. :cool:

SPUCK 05-16-2008 04:40 AM

What's that in his right hand(left from our view)? Looks like a coin dispenser.

Gravdigr 05-17-2008 03:36 PM

Oooh, a lollipop! I kick ass!!!!

val5150 05-25-2008 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tree Fae (Post 454102)
That outfit would be considered quite over dressed for Beltane. Less is the key word for the day. After all its the festival of fertility, gotta love it.:D

I had no idea there were so many pagans amoung ;)

Cloud 05-25-2008 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SPUCK (Post 454217)
What's that in his right hand(left from our view)? Looks like a coin dispenser.

I think it's a rattle. I can't find an image that matches, but I think I have seen them shaped like that.

Undertoad 06-08-2008 09:12 AM

The images in this thread have been removed by demand of the copyright holder.

skysidhe 06-08-2008 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 454019)
Yep. I'm gonna say it. Wait. Waaaaaiiiiiiit for it...All together now:
"Run Forest, Run!!!"

Being of Cherokee decent I thought putting a plains indian in a forest was odd. He would be just as intimidating knocking on one's door . Indians are not a part of my nightmares. I've been to many pow wows and seen many costums so sue me. :P I didn't get the forest connection.

Tree Fae 06-08-2008 10:55 AM

At least a few that I know of. With me the name is kinda a give away lol. I follow a Faery Path.


Quote:

Originally Posted by val5150 (Post 456747)
I had no idea there were so many pagans amoung ;)


xoxoxoBruce 06-08-2008 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skysidhe (Post 460492)
I didn't get the forest connection.

I thought it was more apropos than, a dark alley.

I apologize to Oneshotww for using his/her picture. I figured once it was up on Wunderground, he/she wanted as many people as possible to see it. My bad.

I see it's been removed from wunderground also, but if you follow the link in the first post, you can see the rest of Oneshotww's pictures from that powwow. While they are not as spectacular as the removed one, they're very good. :thumb:

Undertoad 06-08-2008 11:45 AM

The images in this thread have been restored with the permission of the photographer.

xoxoxoBruce 06-08-2008 12:26 PM

Ah, cool, thanks Oneshotww.
I hated to lose a chance to share such a magnificent picture with our Cellar visitors. :thumb2:

skysidhe 06-08-2008 01:09 PM

thanks b and thanks Oneshotww!

ahhh wowww great figure.

great finds.. I esp love the one of the little boy. Oddy you can email these photos to people from wonderground?
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RE: peace pipes
Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud (Post 454007)
I think Native Americans are granted certain exceptions for religious purposes though

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble (Post 454057)
What if you're just a plain ol' white guy with a strong cultural interest? :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 454125)
You still have to get your Peyote illegally. :cool:

You crack me up!


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