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Posted - Apr 20 2008 : 6:42:24 PM
the perfect ending to a perfect day! Our town had three showings of a locally made film entitled SEVEN SIGNS ..
Music, Myth and The American South.
Miz Luna and her honey hunk, Allen .. Kathy Sugarbucket and her honey hunk, Eddy (and son Mark) .. and me and my honey-hunk all met up with a buncha' townsfolk for the 3 p.m. showing of this incredible film.
These young people travelled throughout Kentucky, and other southern states in an attempt to show 'the real old south' as their families have known for generations before "Country Living" type magazines have 'glamorized' The South .. as it pertains to music and religion.
A young man travelled through Kentucky and other southern states .. carrying and posting large signs that simply declares:
BELEIVE
(purposely switching the E and I .. because as the 'preacher man' declared at the beginning of the film: There is no "LIE" in Beleive!)
We had a lively little question/answer session after the film with the makers of this film. And the conversation continued as we all headed up to Campbellsville and a yummy Mexican dinner at Garcia's!
Luna and I .. both being from 'off' .. discussed the seemingly 'strange' characters and ways of worship that was shown in the film. These were folks that must still be somewhat buried in the hills and hollows .. because i rarely come upon them. But REAL they are .. and true is their BELEIF!
Hank asked if they had to go 'searching' for the people interviewed .. and they said 'no' .. either they knew them or knew of them .. and these people trusted them enough to let them be filmed in what seemed to be their 'strangeness'. One olde man is well-known in my very own county. The Devil Worshipper he is called. And even the Sheriff would not go into his home alone. He has been in a nursing home for 8 years now. His home is not too far from town.
There were snake charmers .. and one poor soul (to whom the film had been dedicated) who had been severely burnt as a child .. was pretty much 'faceless' . he died last year at the age of 36. There was one man with a car with 'signs' painted all over it .. i often see him parked in or near town and have been tempted to stop and talk to him on several occasions. (but then .. "I" used to stop "Hare Krishna's" in the airport (when they were allowed there) .. to ask them questions about their personal religious beliefs.)
I've always been fascinated with the world's religions ..
I saw such beauty in each and every one of them .. but i also realize that these are the people that seemingly 'typify' what people think KENTUCKY is about .. those who have never lived here. Goodness knows, I heard that 'notion' by many friends from various parts of the country when we told them we were moving here.
But then .. it also 'cuts' two ways .. i've also heard silly 'stereotypical' comments from locals who have never travelled outside their own state about their perceptions of people from other parts of the country .. and they, too .. well .. just know a tiny slice of the pie.
I must say though that the friends that i have met and made are much more the "Country Living" version.
I've read quite a few books about 'early Kentucky' .. and the heritage of those who came through the Cumberland Gap in their quest for a better life. And of those who settled in New England.
I read recently a passage from a book on Early America. And it said that if people of today were transported back to those times .. they would find the people and customs as strange as if they were to visit a foreign country. Interesting thought.
Anyhooooooooo .. it was a wonderful and lovely day .. and i especially enjoyed our lively conversation at the dinner table.
True Friends * Frannie
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