Annual ’Straw Bear Festival’ Takes Places in Whittlesea
The annual straw bear festival takes places in Whittlesea, in a bizarre local tradition that entertains crowds and confuses the internet.
Participants could be seen dancing through the streets wrapped all over in straw so that they resembled - at least somewhat - bears.
According to the filmer, the earliest reports of the event trace back to 1882 when hard-up ploughmen paraded a straw bear around the town for beer, tobacco and beef.
The tradition was stopped in 1909 but revived 1980 by the Whittlesey Society.
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