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Participation
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A guest post from the Raffidy Dumitz Band You remember us. You’ve seen us at Montol since 2015 and at Golowan, Redruth Wassail, Penryn Mock Mayor and othe Cornish events. Like Montol, we’re fully inclusive and all about participation – if you are able to get to Penzance on a Saturday, find us in the…
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Why do we burn the sun?
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OK, so why DO we burn the sun? Time to ruffle the feathers we wear in our hair and in our hats. Good time to ask.Life full, as it is for 10 days now, of bending and sticking, thinking and planning, papering and painting, arty farty and engineering and making do – making the Sun.I…
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How Did Montol Get Its Name?
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On our page about the origins of Montol we mention that there has been – how shall we put it – a bit of to-and-fro in the past about the origin of the name. So we did a bit of looking around and talking to people who were there at the start and here’s a…
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A Living Tradition
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There’s a myth that says all the cells in our body are replaced every 7 years and yet we stay who we are.In fact our red blood cells have a life span of about 4 months, muscle cells last for about 15 years and some of the neurons that survive mahogany are never replaced.But the…
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Move fast, grow fast, and break things
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We’re all supposed to subscribe to this shit. It happens every year: “Don’t you want Montol to grow?” “Have thought about sponsorship?” “Would you be interested in a partnership?” To be honest: not really.We have thought about it – we are not complete morons or yokels thank you.But asking around Team Montol, the answer seems…
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Crowdfunder
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Even out here we have running water, electricity (intermittently) and webby-nets but we couldn’t live without DPD and Evri.The box was labelled, I knew what was inside, but I still stared at it for 10 minutes before opening it. What if they were rubbish?They weren’t. Step one. Breathe … move on. We launched our 2024…
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Montol has a “Male Gaze”?
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Having finished the new Montol website at last, I just want to say a big thank you to all the photographers who’ve contributed so much.I wanted the site to be as visual as possible – to capture the overwhelming impact, the spirit, of the event – and I think it’s worked.I’ve tried to credit each…
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New Website
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So – we have a new website! It might be a bit rough around the edges but it’s a start and it’s live. The idea is that it will be a little bit of Magic – transmogrifying the interested/curious into fully fledged Guisers. it’s been a lot of work but it does seem to work.…
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Grant Funding
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At last we can say … We got it! A huge thank you to Penzance Council for awarding Montol grant funding again.The money will ensure that this year’s festival goes ahead and is bigger, brighter and safer than ever before. On Monday 11th November the council voted to award the grant and we are enormously…
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The Gathering
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So, what is the Gathering? For Montol, traditionally groups of friends get together to help each other to make costumes and masks and devise their contribution to the Revels – songs, games, satire whatever you want. On the 1st December we look forward to meeting you all – new guilds, old guilds, musicians, dancers and…