Man, I do love a good RenFest.
Here are a few of the photos I snapped on Saturday, August 22nd, opening day of the 2009 Minnesota Renaissance Festival season. It was so much fun having a nice camera at Fest this year!! If I shoot more photos another day I’ll have to try to find something to enter in the unofficial “Phodo” contest they’re throwing on Facebook. *grin*
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I like these shots! I haven’t been to a Renaissance Festival since I was in middle school. There’s one near Atlanta every year…I really need to look it up and go sometime!
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I saw your Flickr photos and I was a tad confused at first. I was like oh my gosh where are all these crazy photos from?!
Looks like an awesome time. Awesome photos.
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I looooove going to RenFest! My husband and I got married at the Minnesota one, almost 5 years ago now!
Aww, thanks! I had a blast shooting them.
It’s a little unbelievable, but I still have never made it to a renfaire. I’m a little ashamed, to be honest.
One day I will go! Your pics have beautiful colors!
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I didn’t know they had belly dancers back during… um, whatever time period that’s meant to be. Not that I’m complaining.
Ah, I just checked — it was a celebration of the Silk Road, thus the Arab theme. Cool.
The first photo is totally charming by the way; even if I don’t know what they are, or what they represent
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Amazing photo’s!
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LBM xxx
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If for no other reason, go because it’s a fantastic place to buy handmade crafts. I’m always floored by the work people do, especially the pottery and carvings. Plus? The food is usually awesome.
There wouldn’t have been “Egyptian” style belly dancers (the kind you might see performing at a restaurant) during the European Renaissance (because a lot of that actually started in the 1940′s during the Hollywood glamour era), but the Roma and other gypsies/nomads with various related styles of folk dance (dancing to drums, flamenco-like skirt flourishes, etc.) would have shown up on occasion.
Well I assume this wasn’t a European Renaissance, if it was named the Silk Road
I think in this case it was call the Renaissance Fair just because it was covering important times in history — like the Far-Mid-Near East trade route.
There were no belly dancers in Arabia?! You’re telling me it was merely a creation of Hollywood…? What a gyp.
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Well how about that… I learn something new every day
My understanding is that there is a dance style similar to belly dance all over Arabia/the Mediterranean called raqs baladi. Raqs baladi is a folk dance that both men and women participate in and is the root of belly dance.
A more appropriate name for the style of belly dance most people are familiar with is raqs sharqi, which translates to “oriental dance” (it was named that way by the French since the dance style came from their east). European tourism and the demand for entertainment, along with the flourishing film industry brought about the raqs sharki we know now.
Anyway, the MN Renaissance Festival is set in a faux 16th century English town, they just have different themed events each weekend to provide a bit of variety and draw more visitors.