[Sca-cooks] muslim/islamic courts

[Generys ferch Ednuyed]

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From: "Pixel, Goddess and Queen" <pixel at hundred-acre-wood.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] muslim/islamic courts


> Last years summer Prince and Princess did a court at our big summer event
> in period style (she's ME, he's 1st Crusade German) and there were two
> courts, a men's and a women's. Big flat dais, lots of rugs, hangings,
> pillows. Leyla did her research pretty thoroughly (she'd better have,
> she'd just been laureled for ME costume and research) so I imagine at
> least some of it was dead-on accurate. IIRC Leyla is Bedouin.
>
> She also encouraged people to attend in drag, and we did have a handful of
> women in kilts at the men's court and a few men in full ME dress and face
> veils at women's court. I was a proper lady and hid in the back behind the
> trees, with my face covered. ;-)
>
> Incidentally, it caused great controversy in the Principality. My husband
> boycotted court entirely, as did many others.
>
>

Why did they do that? It sounds like a fun idea...

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