Fire is an essential and fascinating element. The radiance, luminosity and warmth it offers transport us to a state of calm. Around the fire we can eat, chat, sing or just watch it.
Stories told by firelight helped build human social and cultural identity. Anthropologist Polly Wiessner ‘s work, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), explains that these stories in the heat of the flames served to evolve thinking by reinforcing social traditions, promoting harmony and equality, and cultivating the imagination.
Without going that far back, telling horror stories around the campfire was a campfire classic. Whoever went to one, knows it. It was a time of laughter, excitement and attention for the kids. Because there is no one who can resist a good story.
However, orality is not living its best moment. Hyperconnection has a lot to do with it, but the main problem is in each of us. Because it’s not just that we are listening less and less, but that we are stopping telling stories, face to face.
In EREBUS Barbecues we propose you to share those stories that you keep inside with whoever is closest to you, in the heat of the fire.