Triumph

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   o-Chrissy-o, kk+, reddebaser, Annunziata, and 24 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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   prof John (74 months ago | reply)

   Aren't they cold?

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   0olong (74 months ago | reply)

   You'd think so, wouldn't you? The rain was properly coming down by this point.

   I guess they keep warm by intensive dancing and drumming...

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   o-Chrissy-o (74 months ago | reply)

   I had my heart in my mouth at this point, hoping they wouldn't fall and hurt themselves - they did so well!

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   M J M (74 months ago | reply)

   Uh, those aren't [all] men. Very cool series of photos -- I like how you can see the flashes from the other photographers' cameras. Probably that's why the ghost images, eh? Cool.

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   0olong (74 months ago | reply)

   cr - they did! At the time I thought it was kind of funny that they snuffed out the flaming torches just before the best bit of the show, but now that I stop to think about it, there is a certain logic there...!

   M - quite right. I'm not sure why they call them all 'Red Men', to be honest.

   Thanks for your comments - glad you like em. The flash on my own digital camera seems to be broken, so I need to rely on other people's at times like this! I'm not sure if it would have been up to the job anyway, to be honest. The ghost images that result from more than one flash can be pretty distracting, but they also make for some cool effects sometimes...

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   o-Chrissy-o (74 months ago | reply)

   they fell - oh no! I was unsighted at some points (I was behind the pyramid futher up the hill) but once the female redman had reached the top I think I stopped looking :P

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   0olong (74 months ago | reply)

   Oh! Wait, no, I meant they did well! I realise now that was rather ambiguous...!

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   WayneWho? (74 months ago | reply)

   looks like a fun par-tay.

   oh...thought you would like to know.... you made it in the flickr's interestingness page ... CONGRATS dude.

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    minnieminnmin (74 months ago | reply)

    Whoa hotness.

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    twalls1068@sbcglobal.net (74 months ago | reply)

    Lotsa of cold butts here I bet.

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    sk8rsherman [deleted] (74 months ago | reply)

    wow! wouldn't mind falling either

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    -H- (74 months ago | reply)

    H

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    marko boni (72 months ago | reply)

    you also made robotwisdom.com's list- congrats on a job well done!

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    0olong (72 months ago | reply)

    Hey, so I did! Thanks for pointing it out. And I see I made it in again yesterday...

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    Elle Ellis (66 months ago | reply)

    *We would like to invite you to our photo pool!
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    OldUncleMe (63 months ago | reply)

    What a moment you have captured! Looks like it could have ended very suddenly though....

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Holiday Art {Springtime holidays -- you name it!}, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

    /..

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    0olong (63 months ago | reply)

    Hi Uncle, thanks for the invitation - I'm glad you like it! But I'm afraid I'm not going to add it, because the group encourages people to include specific images in their comments and I hate that.

    Siúlóir-Domhanda - I only just saw your comment! I'm afraid I'm just a bit confused about what that group is about...?

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    mgaved (61 months ago | reply)

    >I'm not sure why they call them all 'Red Men', to be honest.

    When the current Beltane Fire Festival celebrations started in 1988, the White Women were indeed all women and the Red Men were indeed all men. One of the ideas was to create a strong female role and a more fleeting Pan-like male role. For the first few years the gender of the performers was set, but in the mid 90s a couple of performers asked if they'd could exchange roles and we felt by then that the roles had been established and so it went from there. Whether you are male or female when you take on the role you take on the established character role of "Red Man" or White Woman". We've had some conversations over the years about whether the name of the characters should change but for various reasons it just kind of stuck...

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    0olong (61 months ago | reply)

    Hey m, thanks for clearing that up! Always did wonder. :)

    Oddly enough, I've never noticed any male White Women - I guess they wouldn't stick out as much though eh?

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    Mike Grenville (58 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Naked At Festivals, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

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