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Now Here's An Old Easter Tradition We Could Revive: Priests Dancing Through Labyrinths Tossing Balls by Artsjournal1

"In Auxerre Cathedral in northern France, and most likely in cathedrals in Sens and Amiens (and perhaps Chartres, as well), clergy gathered around the labyrinth [patterned into the floor of the nave], danced in a circle, and tossed a ball from person to person. These games, according to medieval religious observers, had ties to pagan […]

SOURCE: www.atlasobscura.com at 02:04PM on April 4, 2018

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