Dancing Mania

[_sockmonk_]

Dancing mania was a phenomenon that occurred primarily in mainland Europe from the 14th century through to the 17th century, in which groups of people would dance through the streets of towns or cities, sometimes foaming at the mouth or speaking in tongues, until they collapsed from exhaustion. The first major outbreak of the mania was in Aachen,

Comments

[sirtobybelch]

that is pretty neat, it was pretty common in the 1300s for people to have ergot poisoning, I like the Middle Age name better through.

[a1icey]

damn it and the stuff is supposed to have caused the entire prodestant movement

wish we could be sure of ourselves.

[a1icey]

ps the "cure" of music would have made sure they didn't have a bad trip...

[misstia]

this really made me think of the Men Without Hat's video for 'safety dance'...that was set in the middle ages....

[nosyparker]

'Cause your friends don't dance, and if they don't dance then they're no friends of mine!

[scarychickentoy]

Freaky.