Midwinter Horn Blowing

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velvetdreams

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Interesting how many cultures have a similar tradition ... from the ancient Israelites to the farmers of the Netherlands, a large horn is blown as a call to worship! I found this image of the Dutch custom ... Prior to Christmas, a custom known as Midwinter Horn Blowing is still practiced in parts of the rural east, which starts on Advent Sunday and continues until Christmas Eve. At dusk, farmers take long horns made from elder trees and blow them while standing over wells, which lends an eerie sound to the call, which is an announcement of the coming Christ.

Cool, hmmm?

More info: The Midwinter Horn ; The Wooden Lurs

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christianisrael on

Re: Midwinter Horn Blowing

It would be cool to hear that.

The nationals would blow shofars in PNG, believe it or not. They had a thing about Israel, at least where we were. It was spine-tingling at time to hear the horns blown during worship.

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velvetdreams on

Re: Midwinter Horn Blowing

I used to attend a fellowship that used shofars from time to time as a call to worship! Exhilarating and inspiring ... and yes, spine-tingling! That is exactly what I thought of when I saw this ... Some argue that it's a pagan custom, to which I reply ... yes, until they knew about Christ, it was pagan. Now it heralds His coming ... at birth and yet again ...