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If you stretch the "Renaissance" back to the Middle Ages (1300s CE), Japan had them in the Renaissance itself. 1500s samurais popularized a pasttime of reenact

If you stretch the "Renaissance" back to the Middle Ages (1300s CE), Japan had them in the Renaissance itself. 1500s samurais popularized a pasttime of reenacting 1300s samurais. Except, being Japan, they had actual relics of the period in pristine condition. I know someone in the SCA who portrays a 1500s samurai who portrays a 1300s samurai - giving him two periods of costume to play with, without "changing persona" at all. Kinda.

pyuser583 1y ago
In the Middle Ages, people would hold festivals where they would dress up as King Arthur, El Cid, etc. I don’t know about antiquity - did people dress up as mythological figures? The first plays were in Greece. Were there unscripted or ad hoc performances? I know what I’m going to ask AI next.