We all know about the Japanese green tea, Chinese gong-fu tea,but anyone know of other ceremonies, tea-making arts, tea cultures and practices from around the world, featuring the traditional and modern, as well as the elegant and not so popular. I have heard that the non-Asian people had tea ceremonies or rituals years ago including wicca, but I can't find anything. sherdwen
Try the opening scene of MacBeth. Toci
You can't beat the British for elegance. Did anyone see the special on Mongol camel herders? Grandma mixed tea and milk in a hugh caldron in the middle of the yert. It was big leaves but couldn't see if the tea was mushroom shaped variety. I guess it could handle a 250g pod with no problem. One camel wouldn't accept her new born. After weeks of trying they brought in a healer who played a violin which caused her to cry and accept her offspring. Unbelievable.
Jim
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/Lew
Thanks. Worth tracking down on the premium channels or store. The picture of the new born (camel colt?) on the cover says a thousand words. Here he looked happy while mostly looking sad. He was white, not sure if albino, while the herd was brown. From occasional panned view you could see a few other white camel. The camel in this culture is a mythical blend of eight animals. I could see their argument. The viola weeping ceremony is more apt description.
Jim
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Speaking of camels - a historical fact that somehow not too many people are aware about (I learned that working in Mongolia and later checked with historians)
After Genghis Khan died Mongols wanted to give him a proper burial but were afraid that his tomb will be robbed in the future. Also the free Mongols, his followers, the so-called "men of long will" were worried that his grave may be used for political manipulation. The Mongol custom require an honor party for the departed a year after his death at the burial site, so he cannot be just buried in the middle of limitless featureless steppe. This is how they did it. Genghis body was buried in a deep grave in the middle of the steppes with many valuables. Mongols gave him his last honors and killed on the site of the grave a newborn camel and left. A year later the camel's mother led them back to the site. They gave the great Khan their last drink of aryka, killed the camel and left the site forever. Until today the grave of Genghis Khan remains undiscovered.
I think nothing describes these people better than this story.
Sasha.
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