Green Man Festival, Bovey Tracey
Happy May Day! Here's my drawing from yesterday's Green Man Festival in Bovey Tracey. (See if you can spot photo journalist Steve Pope, who also covered our visit to Chagford Primary last week, for the Mid-Devon Advertiser.)
And a few photos, so you can get the general idea. Here's the Green Man himself, with his assistant:
I don't know a lot about the Beltane customs but I really liked the textures of the fabric tatters that some of the Morris dancers wore. One troupe in particular had some really lovely colour gradiations going on.
And a few photos, so you can get the general idea. Here's the Green Man himself, with his assistant:
I don't know a lot about the Beltane customs but I really liked the textures of the fabric tatters that some of the Morris dancers wore. One troupe in particular had some really lovely colour gradiations going on.