Montol Penzance 2015 - God Rest Ye Merry, Wicker Men by GurdyBird

Contains flash photography. A glimpse of a tiny amount of massive and bonkers shenanigans of Montol, the midwinter festival of misrule held in Penzance. There was so much going on we couldn't capture it all but here's some of what was captured! (Version 1. I'll work on a second version) Starting off with the night before-Notice Night where we took notices around to the pubs that the guilds would be visiting as a reminder of the misrule that was about to happen the next day and night. Guise is a traditional part of Cornish festivities, here is Mock formal and the guilds have elements of their guild's theme worked into their costumes. The Guilds are: The Ancient Company of the Corn Market The Splendid League of Physicians The Glorious Company of the Egyptian House The Melodious Company of the Peccadilloes Find out more about this festival at www.montol.info An event held by The Cornish Culture Association http://www.cornishculture.co.uk/ The Cornish Culture Association is registered charity number 1159615. Beasts involved (but not all filmed here) Kasek Nos The Green Man Old Ned (is in the film) Ramasses The beast of the Physicians, Ratael, is in the film Filmed by Paul Betowski Edited by Tamsyn Swingler Post production by Paul Betowski Music ©2014 by Tamsyn Swingler (GurdyBird)