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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Jolly Rumble O: Helston's Furry Dance and the Slow Shrink of a Springtime World: Flora Day, Hal-an-Tow, and the fight to keep a centuries-old festival

Jolly Rumble O: Helston's Furry Dance and the Slow Shrink of a Springtime World: Flora Day, Hal-an-Tow, and the fight to keep a centuries-old festival

Trelawney, Rowan

Paperback

AnthropologyMythology & FolkloreBritish History

ISBN13: 9798244704808
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 20 2026
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.22 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Jolly Rumble O: Helston's Furry Dance and the Slow Shrink of a Springtime World takes you inside one of England's most distinctive living traditions-Helston's Flora Day in Cornwall-where brass music, paired processions, and a defiant morning pageant still fetch the summer home every May.

This book isn't a postcard overview. It's a close-up, street-level portrait of how a centuries-old festival actually works: why the day begins early, how the dancers move like a ritual journey through streets and doorways, and how the Hal-an-Tow-the festival's loud, mythic heart-turns the town into a moving stage of saints, heroes, misrule, and local memory. You'll follow the tune that leads everything, meet the visible and invisible guardians who keep the day functional, and learn why a tradition can survive while still feeling smaller than it once did.

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