2013
TQ3280 : King Bean and Queen Pea
taken 14 years ago, near to City of London, The City of London, England
King Bean and Queen Pea
King Bean and Queen Pea (either side of the mace bearer) are chosen at the end of the Mummers play, being the people who find a bean and a pea in the cakes that are handed out. The King and Queen are then crowned for the day as part of the general revelry, and 'Twelfth Cake' or 'King's Cake' (referring to the three Magi) was once very popular in London.
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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- TQ3280, 6905 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Stephen Craven (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Sunday, 6 January, 2013 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Saturday, 12 January, 2013
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 3225 8052
[10m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.4885N 0:5.7456W - Camera Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 3226 8053
- View Direction
- Southwest (about 225 degrees)
