V2nd - Chapter 9 - another crackpot theory

[alice wellintown]

1934? Subtract 1896 or Plessy v. Ferguson and you get Ralph Ellison
minus Richard Wright plus James Baldwin. Multiply by the White Paint
Facory scen in IM and you get a wicked pack of cards.

That wicked pack of cards (52 pages, IV suits), Chapter 9 of V.,


Transmogrification:
    transmogrify To change into a  different shape or form, especially
one that is fantastic or bizarre.

 Carnival, is Latin for farewell to meat. Mondaugen steps over a wall
"and it seemed some tropic as well, for the life there he found too
lavish, spectral, probably carnivorous; not in good taste."  Part II
M's S

"Eternal" Fasching

 The Roman Catholic Shrovetide carnival as celebrated in
German-speaking countries. There are many regional differences
concerning the name, duration, and activities of the carnival. It is
known as Fasching in Bavaria and Austria, Fosnat in Franconia, Fasnet
in Swabia, Fastnacht in Mainz and its environs, and Karneval in
Cologne and  the Rhineland. The beginning of the pre-Lenten season
generally is considered to be Epiphany (January 6), but in Cologne,
where the festivities are the most elaborate, the official beginning
is marked on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the
year. Merrymaking may get underway on the Thursday before Lent, but
the truly
 rambunctious revelry associated with Fasching usually reaches its
high point during the three days preceding Ash Wednesday, culminating
on Shrove Tuesday. The names of these final days also vary regionally.

 Although the exact historical origins of Fasching are unclear, the
observance of its rites is mentioned in Wolfram von Eschenbach's
Parzival (early 13th century). It was a festival that originated in
the cities--most notably Mainz and Speyer--and was already established
in Cologne by 1234. Traditionally, it was not only a feast before Lent
 but also a time during which the rules and order of daily life were
subverted. This gave rise to such customs as  handing over the keys of
the city to a council of fools or ceremoniously letting women rule. It
also inspired noisy  costumed parades and masked balls; satirical and
often impertinent plays, speeches, and newspaper columns; and
generally excessive behaviour--all of which are still common elements
of contemporary Fasching elebrations.
 After the Reformation, Protestant areas of Europe took exception to
such Roman Catholic excesses, and carnival  practices began to die out
in them.


Aircraft in Africa & Abraham Morris:
Aircraft  as a new weapon system, were applied and tested by a number
of Western states during the inter-war period. Aircraft proved the
supreme weapon system in dealing with massed "feudal" armies. Our
first case study is close to home. What become known as the
Bondelswart Uprising occurred a brief three years after the end of the
First World War; and immediately showed the value of a tactical air
force to a still skeptical public.

The Bondelswart tribe, located in modern Namibia, protested against a South
African government decision not to concede certain land claims. A
force was raised
in May 1922, when the captain of the tribe refused to deliver a number of his
followers who were allegedly guilty of misdemeanor and theft. The
force initially
comprised two field guns and one hundred mounted troops. This force surrounded
and bombarded Haib, the Bondelswart stronghold, on 29 May. On 30 May the
settlement surrendered after their leader, Abraham Morris, together with
approximately fifty followers had escaped through the cordon. Morris
hoped to join
Nicolaas Christiaan and his men, and make a stand in their ancient
stronghold - the
Fish River Canyon. In an attempt to prevent the insurrection from
spreading to the
Richtersveld, an airstrip was prepared near Steinkopf and two aircraft
dispatched to
the area from Pretoria. On 2 June, one of these aircraft spotted smoke
in a saucer in
the mountains; and the Bondelswart were bombed and machine-gunned from the
air. Some 20 were killed and more wounded: the survivors learned to hide by day
and move at night. They ate their last donkey on 4 June and in a skirmish with
ground troops on the same day, Morris was killed. What remained of his followers
surrendered on 7 June. Over the following weeks, the two aircraft made
intimidation
flights over all the reserves around Keetmanshoop.


On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Michael Bailey
<michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
> what is different between 1922 and 1956?
> just seems like a little hope might be present...
>
> could the V. in the title stand for the v. in Brown v. Board of Education?
>