[lit-ideas] Re: Elephant Man "Willie Bounce" of Grenada
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- Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:43:29 +0200
On 11-Oct-12, at 3:37 AM, David Ritchie wrote:
... I gave a lecture in class today--a rare thing--a compare and
contrast examination of parades all around the world. I was
thinking about their history and any claim to be historic. ...
The idea of 'historic parades' triggered memories of - not a parade,
but a MARCH. While showing visitors of Canada around the weekly market
(garden produce) four and half years ago, the (rather sparsely
attended) traditional Easter Peace March went by. It was only after a
bit of research that I determined that this was the 50th anniversary
march - the first having taken place on Easter Saturday, 1958.
In German:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostermarsch
In English:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldermaston_Marches
I then realised that I was thinking not of a 'parade', but a 'march' -
and only then recognized a curiosity about the usage: the pacifists
use the term 'march' while the military favours 'parade' for their
exhibitions.
Chris Bruce,
following the beat of a
different drummer, in
Kiel, Germany
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