Recreating a period of history through costume, equipment, skills and behavior, most visibly at battle reenactments and living-history encampments but also in smaller-scale domestic and craft reenactment of period daily life. Reenactors research their chosen period closely to build accurate dress and kit, join dedicated reenactment groups organized around a specific war, era or regiment, and take part in public events that range from staged battles to demonstrations of period cooking, trades and camp life for visiting audiences.
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LARP shares its costuming and character-embodiment roots with historical reenactment.
Renaissance faires are a documented form of historical reenactment and living history.
An international living history group recreating mainly medieval European cultures, active since 1966.
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1. Historical reenactment (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section, hobby classification (Historical reenactment)Quote, Lead section, hobby classification (Historical reenactment)
Historical reenactment (or reenactment, sometimes spelt re-enactment) is an educational or recreational activity in which history enthusiasts and amateur hobbyists dress in period-accurate clothing and recreate aspects of past events or eras.
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