2013
TQ3280 : The Green Man is rowed upriver
taken 14 years ago, near to City of London, The City of London, England
The Green Man is rowed upriver
The Twelfth Night celebrations start with the Green Man appearing in a traditional Thames rowing boat. Here, St Paul's provides a suitably historic backdrop.
Bankside Twelfth Night events
January 6th is the Christian festival of Epiphany and the secular one of Twelfth Night: the traditional end of the Christmas festive season. In recent years, the various folk traditions associated with it have been recreated on the south bank of the Thames in London.
The focus is the Green Man, an ancient pagan symbol known by various names including Jack-in-the-Green or the Green Knight; the character may also lie behind the legend of Robin Hood. The boughs of evergreen trees in which he is dressed represent irrepressible life.
Detailed descriptions of parts of the ceremony taken from the website Link
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- Grid Square
- TQ3280, 6905 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Stephen Craven (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Sunday, 6 January, 2013 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Friday, 11 January, 2013
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 321 807
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WGS84: 51:30.5979N 0:5.8362W - Camera Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 321 805
- View Direction
- NORTH (about 0 degrees)
