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dance of death
« on: August 11, 2013, 02:28:38 AM »
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Dance of Death

The "Dance of Death" was originally a species of spectacular play akin to the English moralities. It has been traced back to the middle of the fourteenth century. The epidemics so frequent and so destructive at that time, such as the Black Death, brought before popular imagination the subject of death and its universal sway. The dramatic movement then developing led to its treatment in the dramatic form. In these plays Death appeared not as the destroyer, but as the messenger of God summoning men to the world beyond the grave, a conception familiar both to the Holy Bible and to the ancient poets. The dancing movement of the characters was a somewhat later development, as at first Death and his victims moved at a slow and dignified gait. But Death, acting the part of a messenger, naturally took the attitude and movement of the day, namely the fiddlers and other musicians, and the dance of death was the result

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Re: dance of death
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2013, 12:43:09 AM »
Republic Act 8485 (Animal Welfare Act of 1998, Philippines), as amended and strengthened by House  Bill 6893 of 2013--- violation means a maximum of P250,000 fine with a corresponding three-year jail term and a minimum of P30,000 fine and six months imprisonment

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Re: dance of death
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2013, 02:20:07 AM »

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Re: dance of death
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2013, 10:53:43 AM »
...than to speak out and remove all doubt." - Abraham Lincoln

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Re: dance of death
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2013, 10:57:17 AM »

Ingon ani kaniadto...



Karon ingon ani na (kuno)... ;D


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