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Faceless musicians

Monday 08 November 1993 00:02 GMT
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A member of the Wild Hunt, a Bedlam Morris dancing team performing at the National Pagan Gathering of witches, druids and shamans held at the University of London to mark Hallowe'en. Anglo-Saxon dancers blackened their faces to avoid recognition by the clergy.

Photograph: Huw Powell

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