Time : 15.13
Location : Colmore Row, Birmingham
Someone's a little nervous?!
I've had the pleasure of living in Birmingham for nearly 5 years now, and if there's one thing I can't argue with, its that the cultural / social diversity here is like no other!
Just today, my girlfriend and I went for a walk into town, where we were confronted by some ... interesting characters. If you look closely, some of these folk (the ones with with odd feather hats) have their faces painted either red or black. I thought it was an audition for Ant & Dec's latest ITV smash!
"What an interesting collection of people", I thought!
A little to the right, some good ol' morris dancers; sticks, bells 'n all.... I was a little confused!
What I find incredible about my adopted city, is that no less than 20 seconds from here, a herd of angry goths selected the same park as their meeting point of choice every single Saturday. I just find it amazing that all this goes on in such close proximity. Maybe one day the goths will join in some Morris dancing, and the dancers will rock out to some KORN or Slipknot?
Maybe not.
A little later, on one of Birmingham's busiest shopping streets, a band or Caribbean drummers banged effortlessly on their bongos / wooden xylophones. What a noise they made.
Of course - the low point of the afternoon was yet to come, following the missus around the shops like a lonely sheep.
At one point she muttered those magic words ... "It's too busy in here, let's go" .... HALLELUJAH!!
Lesson of the day : Different cultures should be embraced, not hated on!
haha its always fun seeing these dancers on the streets in town, you seem t want to get up and do a silly dance lol , takes the bore out of the shopping
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DeleteThey're a little bit odd aren't they! They were all old men too.
Strange!