07-22-2010, 05:20 PM
Quote:My point above was that if a minority can keep things alive then a majority, or at least more than a few West Yorks families, should have no trouble in keeping enough going on which to hang Celtic hats when the "Romans" had departed.My point was the opposite. Such a group manages to preserve such traditions because they are a small group that stands mostly outside mainstream society. the rest changes their traditions (as we do) almost without knowing. It would take much effort to keep certain traditions while society is changing under new influences. And we know that Roman influences changed food, housing, language. And British society changed with it. So apparently they did not want to remain unchanged. So where do you place that (apparently hidden) wish to retain ceratin traditions from a dim past? While tribal chiefs (and the underlying social structure), as well as priests (and the underlying social structure) and warriors (and the underlying social structure) all completely disappeared, why would any songs, practises etc. based on those vanished structures be preserved? Where would that wish originate? Does your family hang on to songs and practises about long-gone kings or people from 300 years ago?
Ethnic glue? :?: Why ethnic? You mean cultural surely?
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
