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Australian Darts Event Devolves Into Oompa-Loompa Chaos
Folks dressed up as the Boy Wonder, Oompa Loompas, and Knights rioted at a darts competition in Australia.
The Zozobra Festival Is a Neo-Pagan Ode to Spanish Colonialism
At a park in New Mexico’s capital city of Santa Fe, tens of thousands of people gather every year to watch the burning of what might be the world’s largest marionette. The creature is known as Zozobra, or “Old Man Gloom.”
Polish Knights Want Medieval Combat to Be Europe's Leading Martial Art
An interview with Thomas Duda, representative of the Polish Association of Medieval Combat.
Why Do Young Australians Love the Monarchy So Much?
A whopping 60 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds favor remaining technically under the dominion of the queen of England. I talked to some of them to figure out why that was.
Australia Blasts For the Past by Bringing Back Knights and Dames
In a throwback to medieval times, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has reintroduced the honor of the Knights and Dames of the Order of Australia.
Australia Has Knights Again
It's a moment for celebration, if only for the fact that it's the first actual thing the Abbott Government has contributed.
The Honors and Duties of Knighthood at Medieval Times
Blood sport has been an important part of cultures across the globe for centuries. As long as people have been gathering to watch spectacles, those spectacles have included violent displays that tickle the innate human desire to watch things get...
We Met a Real, French Canadian Knight
It obviously takes a very specific type of person to put on a knight's costume and ride a horse across Canada on a mission of chivalry and posi-vibes. We found that person.