Die Antwoord & 'Wildman of the woods'

The South African music group, Die Antwoord, seems to me likes its hitting all the notes, with repsect to the traditional presentations of the 'wildman' from european carnival culture.

It must be that I've just finished Siefker's "Santa Claus, last of the wild men; the origins and evolution of Saint Nicholas, spanning 50,000 years", and am now seeing wildman everywhere.

But if you look at Wat Pomp, you have people in raggy clothes, wearing masks and hood, dancing by leaping, and even having 'ash' smeared on their faces.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rit8dqh745A

And the lyrics are dirty enough to qualify as lecherous. I don't know how well established 'zef' culture is, but it certainly fits in with the Wildman-of-the-Woods being a favourite of the pleblians. I mean, it just can't be that these guys are purposely emulating this stuff, because that would be fantastic. You have to wonder what this really means for the success and survivability of 'memes', because there's a 50,000 year old meme, popping up on youtube, and people are loving it (and thus perpetuating it).

And now with the 'evil boy' video released:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRzt6QngMzg

You have added to the crazy parade the 'beastman' dressed in fur, and the seducing 'wildwoman' who's stealing from you, and of course the crazy long phallus, all, again, decorations of the wildman.