[Artemisia] [Fwd: [calontir-heralds] Information Needed from the Populace of Calontir]

[Katie Ice]

Greetings,
 
This is also done in An Tir, although in An Tir the Queen is the one who puts a black tassel on for the departed. It is done at the major An Tirian events usually (if needed).
 
Katya in Raudhara
raudhara at hotmail.com
 
> Let me try this again, a different way:> > Begin excerpt:> > Greetings Milords and Miladies of the Kingdom of Calontir,> > Recently, an idea came to mind to perform a ceremony at the Tournament> of Horse and Falcon called the Riderless Horse Ceremony. This> ceremony has been perfomed in history with documentation from the time> of Gengis Khan to honor those persons who are no longer with us.> > What I am wanting to do is see if each seneschal can send me the names> of members of your community who have passed away, along with the year> they left us, who were members of the SCA so that we may officially> recognize them and what they gave to us. At the Tournament of Horse> and Falcon, there will be a horse with only a halter led through the> area. The only thing that will be on the horse will be a purple and> gold blanket on his back with black tassles fastened to it. Each of> these tassles will be for each person who has passed away. Their SCA> name, SCA device or badge, SCA title, SCA awards, mundane name, and> year of death will be recorded in a book and the person's SCA name> will be written/embroderied on the horse's blanket.> > End of excerpt> > This was on the Calontir Heralds list, of course their Kingdom colors> are purple and gold.> > Just some info.> > Shauna