often the players dress as their characters, St George wearing a cheap Crusading-knight costume from Amazon; Robin Hood in a feathered hat and holding a bow and arrow.iii But they are all, to a one, disturbing to watch, dancing with devils and centring on Slashers and murderers, and all of them have the feel of a ritual that taps into something utterly ancient, something with a profound significance that is now all but lost.