> There's a scene toward the end of Agnes Varda's _Vagabond_ in which
> Mona wanders into a village full of mud and shrub-clad men chasing
> inhabitants, soaking in mudbaths, and mauling passersby in
> mud-splattered glee. Just what is going on here--some sort of
> village folk ritual of the mud season?
 
I've wondered about that myself, Lynda.  I suspect that they are not
just covered with mud, but also with *wine* and that it is some sort
of wine-oriented bacchanal--perhaps a festival associated with
wine-making?
 
But I don't know anything more specific than that.
 
Regards,
 
Jeremy
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