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CTyankee

(63,912 posts) Fri Mar 9, 2012, 06:03 PM Mar 2012

Another Friday Afternoon Challenge, Darlings! Stirrings of Spring!

Spring flings! Funfests from everywhere -- some of them truly wacky -- for you to identify!

and of course, cheating is a no-no, folks...
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Another Friday Afternoon Challenge, Darlings! Stirrings of Spring! (Original Post) CTyankee Mar 2012 OP

TOO SILLY!!! elleng Mar 2012 #1

Aren't they? I guess spring just makes folks a little nutty! CTyankee Mar 2012 #2

#5 Running Madonnas - Abruzzo, Italia Tansy_Gold Mar 2012 #3

good, tansy! You must know this festival! It's a fun run... CTyankee Mar 2012 #4

Ah, but it was a very easy google search Tansy_Gold Mar 2012 #5

very good googling! It is called La Madonna che scappa. CTyankee Mar 2012 #6

"Escape from/of the Clones"! n/t Tansy_Gold Mar 2012 #7

Yeah, I can't really figure this one out...more research would be needed, I guess! CTyankee Mar 2012 #8

#2 I have seen that ride at the State Fair Angry Dragon Mar 2012 #9

I know, I thought that too. But it is not her. CTyankee Mar 2012 #10

#6 - St. David's Day in Wales? pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #11

Oh, good for you, pinboy3niner! You are right!Tad Da! CTyankee Mar 2012 #12

Your clues helped pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #15

Yep only about a week ago on March 1! I am of Welsh origin.... CTyankee Mar 2012 #18

I'm part Welsh pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #21

Hint for #2. What is on their heads? CTyankee Mar 2012 #13

Sailor's Caps - but that didn't help :( jannyk Mar 2012 #16

Those look like Russian sailor caps on the people and the statue nt pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #17

not Russian. CTyankee Mar 2012 #19

What other countries might have those sailor caps? CTyankee Mar 2012 #24

Where's Donald Duck from? :) pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #25

why, from Finland, of course! CTyankee Mar 2012 #26

Is #4 'Orange Day' (Queens Day/Konninginnedag) in Holland? jannyk Mar 2012 #14

Hooray! You got it! CTyankee Mar 2012 #20

I knew it, at least, I knew the Dutch did crazy things on Orange Day. jannyk Mar 2012 #22

I guess the Dutch do need a one day to go a little crazy....I think of them as being so serious... CTyankee Mar 2012 #23

You can find the answers here CTyankee Mar 2012 #27

Wrong link. Answers are here: pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #28

oops. Thanks. I was in a rush when I did this...ack... CTyankee Mar 2012 #29

elleng

(131,006 posts)

1. TOO SILLY!!!

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 06:10 PM

Mar 2012

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

2. Aren't they? I guess spring just makes folks a little nutty!

Reply to elleng (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 06:13 PM

Mar 2012

Tansy_Gold

(17,864 posts)

3. #5 Running Madonnas - Abruzzo, Italia

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 06:16 PM

Mar 2012

The ceremony has been taking place since the C11th, organised by the Santa Maria di Loreto Brotherhood, whose male members the Lauretani wear white tunics with a shiny green cape to symbolise purity & hope. It’s interesting that the younger members seem instructed not to wear earrings although individuals’ sneaky bangles & bracelets remain semi visible under all the symbolic robes.

http://www.lifeinabruzzo.com/sulmona-la-madonna-scappa/

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

4. good, tansy! You must know this festival! It's a fun run...

Reply to Tansy_Gold (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 06:25 PM

Mar 2012

Not well known, so I was surprised it was guessed right away...not much tourist interest in Abruzzo, but I did see a postcard bearing a similar image that a friend showed me a few years ago...and I always remembered it...it had given me a big laugh and still does!

Tansy_Gold

(17,864 posts)

5. Ah, but it was a very easy google search

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 06:46 PM

Mar 2012

"Madonnas Green Racing"

I know nothing about Abruzzo.

However, I half-remembered something about similar groups in Spain, with each group (confraternities? dunno. will have to look it up) having a statue of the Virgin and acquiring clothes and jewels to dress it in and then parade it around the city or race around a plaza to win some kind of prize. So I figured this photo was something similar. hence "Madonnas Green Racing."

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

6. very good googling! It is called La Madonna che scappa.

Reply to Tansy_Gold (Reply #5)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 06:49 PM

Mar 2012

The Madonna who escapes. I love it. She trying to run away!

Tansy_Gold

(17,864 posts)

7. "Escape from/of the Clones"! n/t

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 07:01 PM

Mar 2012

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

8. Yeah, I can't really figure this one out...more research would be needed, I guess!

Reply to Tansy_Gold (Reply #7)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 07:08 PM

Mar 2012

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)

9. #2 I have seen that ride at the State Fair

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 07:15 PM

Mar 2012

don't remember the name of it

#1 looks like Meryl Streep

#6 Looks Irish

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

10. I know, I thought that too. But it is not her.

Reply to Angry Dragon (Reply #9)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 08:36 PM

Mar 2012

#6 isn't Irish but it is in the British Isles. Think recent holidays for British Isles saints....

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

11. #6 - St. David's Day in Wales?

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #10)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 08:43 PM

Mar 2012

Probably from the celebrations in Cardiff.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

12. Oh, good for you, pinboy3niner! You are right!Tad Da!

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #11)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 08:45 PM

Mar 2012

What gave it away? the daffodils?

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

15. Your clues helped

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #12)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 08:53 PM

Mar 2012

And I think DUer MichaelMcGuire recently posted here about St. David's Day.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

18. Yep only about a week ago on March 1! I am of Welsh origin....

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #15)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 08:57 PM

Mar 2012

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

21. I'm part Welsh

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #18)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 09:02 PM

Mar 2012

I had a grandfather who was a Welsh immigrant coal miner in PA. Everyone else in the family was Irish.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

13. Hint for #2. What is on their heads?

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 08:50 PM

Mar 2012

And what is on the statue?

jannyk

(4,810 posts)

16. Sailor's Caps - but that didn't help :(

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #13)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 08:54 PM

Mar 2012

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

17. Those look like Russian sailor caps on the people and the statue nt

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #13)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 08:55 PM

Mar 2012

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

19. not Russian.

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #17)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 08:57 PM

Mar 2012

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

24. What other countries might have those sailor caps?

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #17)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 09:07 PM

Mar 2012

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

25. Where's Donald Duck from? :)

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #24)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 09:11 PM

Mar 2012

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

26. why, from Finland, of course!

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #25)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 01:20 PM

Mar 2012

jannyk

(4,810 posts)

14. Is #4 'Orange Day' (Queens Day/Konninginnedag) in Holland?

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 08:53 PM

Mar 2012

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

20. Hooray! You got it!

Reply to jannyk (Reply #14)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 08:58 PM

Mar 2012

Isn't that a nutty pic? I really don't understand the white caps at all!

Did you know this or just google Orange Day?

jannyk

(4,810 posts)

22. I knew it, at least, I knew the Dutch did crazy things on Orange Day.

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #20)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 09:02 PM

Mar 2012

Sometimes being British helps a little.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

23. I guess the Dutch do need a one day to go a little crazy....I think of them as being so serious...

Reply to jannyk (Reply #22)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 09:06 PM

Mar 2012

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

27. You can find the answers here

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 01:29 PM

Mar 2012

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=post&forum=1002

We're back to art next Friday, folks. Please join me!

And thanks to all for taking part this week...

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

28. Wrong link. Answers are here:

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #27)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 06:17 PM

Mar 2012

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002408612

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

29. oops. Thanks. I was in a rush when I did this...ack...

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #28)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 06:32 PM

Mar 2012

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