Anyone Fancy Trying Out Morris Dancing?

[hackey lad]

2 minutes ago, Mister Gee said:

Of course not you prized plonker, anyway here’s a bit of Morris dancing.

 

Very good .  Bit like us at school  

[Mister Gee]

5 minutes ago, hackey lad said:

Very good .  Bit like us at school  

You Morris danced at school?

[hackey lad]

1 minute ago, Mister Gee said:

You Morris danced at school?

Yes . Said it earlier in this thread . And Maypole . 

Edited September 28, 2023 by hackey lad

[Mister M]

1 hour ago, Jack Grey said:

I'm surprised Morris Dancing hasn't been banned for being racist 

How is morris dancing racist?

[Jack Grey]

10 minutes ago, Mister M said:

How is morris dancing racist?

Read previous posts 👍

[Mister Gee]

1 minute ago, Jack Grey said:

Read previous posts 👍

I have. Can you quote the posts you’re referring too?

[horribleblob]

42 minutes ago, Mister M said:

How is morris dancing racist?

Look up the history of Morris (Moorish) dancing and the Mummers' plays (featuring a Moorish or Turkish knight), and you'll see that, in the past, some performers darkened their faces to get into character or to disguise their features.

 

Ignore the present day, agenda-driven, "wokes under the bed" scaremongers.

Edited September 28, 2023 by horribleblob
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[horribleblob]

2 hours ago, cressida said:

Some used to black-up their faces,  now they use a blue colour.

 

The Lancashire Cotton dancers used soot.

From my understanding, the Lancashire dancers used soot on their faces to show affiliation to the miners.

 

I have an abiding memory from my only visit to the Sidmouth Folk Festival, of watching the Garstang (Lancashire) Morris Men marching into town in their clogs to the tune Salmon Tails up the Water .