Heart & Stone - 5. Ritual Revival - a bonus episode
Download 5. Ritual Revival - a bonus episode
There’s something in the air. People are practising hundreds of years old traditions. Morris dancers are clamouring to squeeze into town squares and stick men are dancing through the streets.
One ritual - forgotten until winter 2024 - is about to be revived in one small market town on the Welsh-English border. It’s Wren Day.
In this bonus episode of Heart and Stone, Meg Elliot goes in search of the power of storytelling in one of its most visceral forms, by reviving a forgotten folk ritual in her hometown and with her community.
Meg asks what ritual really is; if the resurgence of ritualistic activty is just an eccentric hobby or if it's something richer, more magical and transformative than most think?
Heart and Stone is an Overcoat Media production for BBC Sounds Audio Lab
Written, Produced and Presented by Meg Elliot
Executive Producer - Steven Rajam
Sound Design and Mixing - Meic Parry
Original Music - Elin and Carys
Commissioning Editor - Khaliq Meer
Published on Tuesday, 25th February 2025.
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