The Queen of Love and Beauty at the Veiled Prophet’s Ball

The Veiled Prophet Parade and Ball was a yearly civic celebration in St. Louis, Missouri, over which a mythical figure called the Veiled Prophet presided. The first events were in 1878. The parade and ball were organized and funded by the Veiled Prophet Organization, an all-male, secret society[3][4][5] founded in 1878 by prominent St. Louisans.

The organization chooses one member to be a Veiled Prophet who conducts meetings and oversees activities but not necessarily for one year, spokesman Allyn Glaub said in 1991. They were a highly select group culled from the area's business, civic and governmental leaders, "the people who run St. Louis and St. Louis County."

Posted By: Paul - Mon May 08, 2023 - Comments (0)
Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Clubs, Fraternities and Other Self-selecting Organizations, Disguises, Impersonations, Mimics and Forgeries, Parades and Festivals, Regionalism, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Twenty-first Century

Unauthorized Dwellings 29

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Category: Education, Unauthorized Dwellings, Twenty-first Century

Le Clitoris

Le clitoris - Animated Documentary (2016) from Lori Malépart-Traversy on Vimeo.

Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 25, 2023 - Comments (0)
Category: Anthropomorphism, Body, PSA’s, Sexuality, Women, Twenty-first Century

Still Life

Still Life | Conner Griffith 2022 from Conner Griffith on Vimeo.

Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 21, 2023 - Comments (0)
Category: Surrealism, Stop-motion Animation, Twenty-first Century

Earth Horns With Electronic Drone

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Category: Music, Twenty-first Century, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults

Mindfork

b'Mindfork', b'Catherine' b'Dubeau', provided by the National Film Board of Canada

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Category: Surrealism, Cartoons, Twenty-first Century, Mental Health and Insanity

Marimba Trios

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Category: Music, 1950s, Twenty-first Century

Ninety-five Years of the Shenandoah Queens

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Category: Agriculture, Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Parades and Festivals, Regionalism, Twentieth Century, Twenty-first Century

In The Blink Of An Eye: A James Bond Fan Film

Posted By: Paul - Mon May 30, 2022 - Comments (1)
Category: Movies, Spies and Secret Agents, Homages, Pastiches, Tributes and Borrowings, Children, Twentieth Century, Twenty-first Century

The Witch Dance

But at the end of April, the women of Wolfshäger Hexenbrut (in English: The Wolf Hunter's Coven), located in Wolfshagen im Harz, Germany, do something a little different.

They get together to celebrate Walpurgis, a holiday celebrating fertility, celebrations including lots of dancing, foods, and drinking, which usually occurs every year on April 30th.

However, in 2016, their celebrations included a choreographed dance to Schüttel deinen Speck, in English: Shake Your Bacon, by German Reggae-Pop artist, Peter Fox, in 2008.

The dance went viral once posted to YouTube -

Posted By: Paul - Sat May 21, 2022 - Comments (0)
Category: Holidays, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Europe, Twenty-first Century