Since 2006 Dave Brewis has filmed over 100 folkloric events, customs and traditions and has built an extensive video archive...
A reel containing 15 selected subjects from the UK archive featuring folklore, customs and offbeat events.
Cheeserolling is arguably the most dangerous English custom in which to participate and carries an international reputation for eccentricity. This is from the first time I filmed it back in 2006. - Dave
La Fête de l'Ours is an annual festival held in Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste in the Pyrenees. Three men disguised as bears with sooted faces are each accompanied by a pack of hunters and they tear through the town smearing oil and soot on all bystanders. It's based on a legend involving a real bear being shaved, and indeed humanized, after being captured for stealing one of the town's virgins. - Dave
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