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"Hoodening is an ancient calendar custom unique to East Kent, involving a wooden horse's head on a pole, carried by a man concealed by a sack. The earliest reliable record is from 1735, but little serious research had gone into the tradition between Percy Maylam's seminal work ""The Hooden Horse"", published in 1909, and George Frampton's 2018 update, ""Discordant Comicals"". The current book, published to accompany a four-month exhibition at Maidstone Museum, further expands the field. The text, accompanied by over 60 full colour illustrations, describes what hoodening was, what the hooden horse is, and how it can be seen in the national context of animal guising. It covers historical records and artifacts, revival groups, 'Autohoodening' performances which reimagine the old tradition in a modern context, and related practices such as the Mari Lwyd, Obby Osses, various northern beasts, and stag guising. Appendices contain the text of numerous contemporary verses and plays. The author, James Frost, is a Lecturer in Performing Arts at Canterbury Christ Church University, as well as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy."

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James Frost is a freelance curator, artist, designer and puppeteer, with experience in outdoor theatre and folk drama practices such as mumming and hoodening. He works to commission in set design, prop, puppet and mask making.He teaches classes in theatre design at Canterbury Christ Church University. He is a visiting lecturer in design at Goldsmiths, University of London, and Birmingham City University. He has published and presented academic papers on animal guising, puppetry, animation and the history of tarot cards.He is a trustee for In A Space arts charity, and co-founder and Chair of the community arts and heritage group Bringing Alive Sandwich Heritage.Website: https: //www.jamesedwardfrost.com/ Ben Jones won a scholarship to Oxford University to study Japanese, then lived in Japan for a few years. While there he started translating, in fields ranging from business and technology through to avant-garde drama and the Bujinkan martial arts (he was the interpreter for 'Ninja grandmaster' Hatsumi Masaaki at seminars around the world). He has since continued this work in the UK, becoming head of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting's Japanese Network, and now runs a successful languages business from his home in Kent. He also runs the boutique publishing house 'Ozaru Books' and performs as a professional musician. Website: www.ozaru.net

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