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winterbadgera Polish Commonwealth reenactment near Warsaw
Thanks to the Wars of Louis XIV blog for the link
Looks like Polish reenacting has many of the same elements that US reenacting does: heat, farbs, rectangular bales of hay, bored soldiers, ladies falling out of [the top half of] their costumes, enlisted men standing around in ranks waiting for an officer to finish [whatever: a conversation, his lunch, a slash...], copious alcohol consumption, very small cannons, lots of guys on one side and very few on the other [I like the one guy who has the stones to show up as a Turk at a 17th century Polish reenactment], vendors [their food stall looks better than most of the ones at our events--I bet it never sells funnel cakes!], and somewhat goofy looking battles.
But ZOMG! the clothes! and the furry hats! And most of all, the dozens of horsemen. Seeing dozens of HUSSARS! let alone reiters and pancerni--woooo! That must be terrifically cool when they trot across the field.
I also notice a striking absence of hugely overweight middle-aged men, a common feature of US reenactments (and I should know, having been one of them for many years). Plus, out of all those photos, I spotted one (1) pair on modern glasses and no wristwatches, both of which are far too common on Western European reenactors.
Plus, how cool would it be to be in a reenactment where *most* of the people were named Jan? ;-)
Thanks to the Wars of Louis XIV blog for the link
Looks like Polish reenacting has many of the same elements that US reenacting does: heat, farbs, rectangular bales of hay, bored soldiers, ladies falling out of [the top half of] their costumes, enlisted men standing around in ranks waiting for an officer to finish [whatever: a conversation, his lunch, a slash...], copious alcohol consumption, very small cannons, lots of guys on one side and very few on the other [I like the one guy who has the stones to show up as a Turk at a 17th century Polish reenactment], vendors [their food stall looks better than most of the ones at our events--I bet it never sells funnel cakes!], and somewhat goofy looking battles.
But ZOMG! the clothes! and the furry hats! And most of all, the dozens of horsemen. Seeing dozens of HUSSARS! let alone reiters and pancerni--woooo! That must be terrifically cool when they trot across the field.
I also notice a striking absence of hugely overweight middle-aged men, a common feature of US reenactments (and I should know, having been one of them for many years). Plus, out of all those photos, I spotted one (1) pair on modern glasses and no wristwatches, both of which are far too common on Western European reenactors.
Plus, how cool would it be to be in a reenactment where *most* of the people were named Jan? ;-)
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Date: 2010-07-09 02:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-09 02:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-09 02:50 pm (UTC)I totally mis-read that.
I think I need a lie down.
shades of Sports Night
Date: 2010-07-09 02:56 pm (UTC)Dan: Yeah?
Natalie: There's a typo on the teleprompter, they left out the 's'.
Casey: Collins is expected to be sidelined a week to ten days with a bulging di- uh-oh!
Dan: That's a big 10-4.
Casey: My next line in the script was "let's go to the videotape".
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Date: 2010-07-09 03:26 pm (UTC)very cool :D
I enjoyed being in Greece and seeing my name everywhere
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Date: 2010-07-09 05:02 pm (UTC)Poland has yet another big round-number anniversary coming up: the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald is next week. Reenactors must be really busy over there....