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Five centuries ago, the world’s longest rave took place in Strasbourg.

marrec

marrec

Banned
Oct 26, 2017
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Gestalt said:
Sure, that makes total sense to me, but is there any documentation as to WHY these people were dancing in their own words? I mean, someone has to have asked one of them after the fact or something, right?
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From the article:

The chronicles agree that most people were quick to assume that an enraged St Vitus had caused the affliction. So all it took was for a few of the devout and emotionally frail to believe St Vitus had them in his sights for them to enter a trance state in which they felt impelled to dance for days
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I'm guessing that's the closest we'll get to a first hand account, chroniclers at the time rarely transcribed interviews like reporters of today.
 
Gestalt

Gestalt

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Nov 10, 2017
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marrec said:
I'm guessing that's the closest we'll get to a first hand account, chroniclers at the time rarely transcribed interviews like reporters of today.
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Huh, thanks for quoting that. I guess to me that still doesn't explain the aspect of so many people joining in in certain circumstances, but I suppose it was a very, very different time.
 
Grahf

Grahf

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Oct 27, 2017
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Robin Hobb used something very close to that in the Soldier Son trilogy.
 
The Grizz

The Grizz

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Oct 27, 2017
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Man, all kinds of things were fucked up back in those days. I can't imagine living back then, what a crazy fucked up period.
 
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