Harvest Festivals and the Festival of the Dead

Druidcast - the Druid PodcastWelcome to the webpage for the Druid Podcast - Druidcast - provided by the Order. Your host is Damh the Bard and each episode he will feature poetry, story and song offered by Bards throughout the world. There will also be interviews with people from the Druid tradition, seasonal thoughts, explorations of Celtic mythology and history, reviews, and competitions.Shownotes for episode 1:The first show is an introduction to the Order, the three grades, and the Druidic Wheel of the Year. Intro music is 'Hills they are Hollow' by Damh the Bard (http://www.paganmusic.co.uk), the link harp music is 'Hawthorn' by Fred Hageneder (http://www.friendsofthetrees.org.uk), and the backing harp music for the Imbolc poem is 'Wake' by Claire Hamilton (http://www.livingmyths.com).Throughout the section discussing the seasonal cycles we have used the dates relevant to the Northern Hemisphere, if you are listening from the Southern Hemisphere the dates are reversed, ie the Summer Solstice is on or around the 21st December, not June.