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samovar
Samovars hold pride of place for
protracted communal tea drinking and is
at the heart of festivities and celebrations
in Russia, Central Europe and the Middle
East. The samovar heats and boils water
for tea. A ceremony that embodies
warm-hearted hospitality and inclusivity
always centres around the Samovar.
A Samovar was commissioned for the Wye Valley
River Festival to be the heart of the travelling Wye
Serai. It was designed by And Now and built by one
of the leading moonshine still makers in Arkansas
USA using time honoured copper working skills.
Copper has been used for millenia to provide safe
storage for water and food production, it is naturally
anti-microbial. The Samovar is fuelled by wood and
charcoal from the Wye Valley.
Central to our work, fire present
and important in all cultures,
speaks; it is symbolically strong;
connecting with our primal beings,
it inspires focusses and quickens
minds. The energy of fire engages
with emotions, passion,
transformation, purification,
contemplation, ceremony, wildness
and beauty. And Now find
opportunities for audiences to
engage with the immediacy of their
surroundings; creating work that
focuses and draws together visual,
cultural, social, historical and
geographical contexts.
and now
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If you like taking your time
over your tea, have a sit
down by the Samovar,
listen to stories from the
Wye Valley and enjoy a cup
of restorative Wye Serai Tea
generously provided by
Mon Teas of Monmouth.
www.andnow.co.uk
monteas.co.uk
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