Histria Mystica: Mordele (dance improvisation)
Mordele
a dance improvisation by Maja and Jana
Histria Mystica
a project by Sora Neva
Mordele, Poreč, Croatia
June 2018
Filming: Marinko Vranić
Editing: Jana Žufić alias Sora Neva
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Mordele or Mordele with Maja, as I lovingly call it, is the first video in the series Histria Mystica, dedicated to ‘reviving’ the sacred places of our ancestors, once inhabiting the heart-shaped peninsula of Istria (an India condensed;) as part of the ancient and amorous civilization of Old Europe. From Paleolithic times spent in caves to Neolithic and Bronze Age ones on hilltops and river banks, overlooking the Adriatic Sea, here lived a peaceful and egalitarian native population, until ruthlessly subdued by newcomers, who brought a very different kind of ‘culture’ with them – a violent and voracious one, allowing only one right/rule/religion: 'the survival of the fittest’.
The term Old Europe has been introduced in scientific literature by ground-breaking archeologist and anthropologist Marija Gimbutas, who has thoroughly studied our pre-Indo-European roots and religious beliefs and made much scandal with her theories (lol)! She renewed our hope in humanity, for it is the true teachings of the past that can best show us the possibilities of the future…
In such a view, as pillars of the same prehistoric civilization Dr. Gimbutas taught about, the settlements and sanctuaries we will be re-visiting here, in Istria, have a ‘deep down’ spiritual connection to those of the much more researched Danilo-Hvar and Vučedol cultures in present day Croatia or Lepenski Vir and Vinča in sisterly Serbia (all reaching far out and across today’s borders), to name just a few.
That being said, it is not our intention to play doctors of archeology or new age gurus here, to impress you with our knowledge of ‘history’ or ‘energy’. It is our intention to show you how we, human beings, can listen and speak with our bodies, how we can use the language of Immanence (spirit-in-the-mater) to improvise, inspire, invoke and incarnate the Soul of the World – Anima mundi, as reflected in the Anima histriae as reflected in the Anima mordeleae or maklavunae or monkodonjae…:) We lend ourselves to be both the medium and the message of mythology, mystery, magic, of this arcane art called ‘dance’, and hopefully of Histria herself… whatever that means to you.
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There are plenty of sources where you can find bountiful (dis)information about these places, and by all means do so, but if you would like to experience them ‘in the flesh’, you are welcome to join us! Leave a comment here or send a message and I will get back to you as soon as I am on the grid again (sometimes not so soon;).