Winter Solstice Celebration, Sunday 20 December 2009
It was an afternoon full of fun, laughter, noise and most of all friends, old and new – all gathered under the spine-tinglingly authentic thatch of the magnificent iron age roundhouse in Hadleigh country park.
We gathered at 2.30, an hour and a half before sunset on the year’s longest night.
Mark Barwell, Shaman, friend and inspiration started proceedings with an opening ceremony based on the tradition of the North American indigenous folk, inviting the spirit of the totem animals to join us from the four compass directions, with special drum beats. …