I always say that a Morris dance should be England's reply to the Haka before a rugby match! Just imagine!😂😂

@Sujowi

7 ай бұрын

Oh … that would confuse our boys! Kiwi men are lousy dancers! All Blacks lead the charge on that. The haka is a big stomp, so any skipping and hopping would mess with their brains. They’d love the stick bashing though….Maori weapons training!

@triarb5790

7 ай бұрын

My Kiwi husband agrees. The entire team would fall on the ground laughing. Might be the only way to win. When he saw Morris dancers that we accidentally encountered outside a New Forest pub in England I thought I'd have to call him an ambo, he had such a fit of the giggles he couldn't breathe properly.

@margarettaylor5855

7 ай бұрын

@@triarb5790 I agree, that's why I suggested it!

@Lindsay1050

6 ай бұрын

Alls fair in love and war 😂

@ur1cat

6 ай бұрын

That would be a hoot to see.

I saw a Morris team of bikers dance many many years ago.Rather than sticks they used lengths of steel pipe. They were awesome.

This is something I want at my funeral. If I have to go out, I’m going out with style baby.

You deserve a far bigger stage than this. Thank you so much for keeping a part of English culture alive.

I enjoy all cultural dancing, music and instruments. A little history about this dance would be insightful. Thank you for sharing.👍

Thank you for uploading this. It's good to see that the Beltanes survived the pandemic and are still dancing strong.

@ImpeachObamaASAP2010

6 ай бұрын

lmao 99.9% of the world survived the Plandemic

I love my country (at times), our heritage is so interesting, unique and far reaching. But that was a morris dance with a gothic twist, it was amazing.

I was very much impressed when I discovered this group. Excellent performance

I've never seen anything like this before. I love it 😊

@jeriboswell1336

6 ай бұрын

Me too. Love it. Tell us a little more about the history and meaning

According to Terry Pratchett there is a dark Morris dance. 😘

@suebursztynski2530

22 күн бұрын

Yes, in one of his Tiffany Aching books. He made it up, but on one of his book tours, a bunch of Morris dancers came and danced a “dark” Morris in total silence and left! 🙂

@suebursztynski2530

22 күн бұрын

Jasna, is that you?

Thank you for keeping our heritage going, love the music as well.

@CarolFremel-my4hs

6 ай бұрын

All girls? Aren’t the boys interested any more?

Aargh, the memories. It brings a tear to my eye and a hand to cover the hole in my trousers. Does anyone else see the similarities in this festive hoppo-bumpo and Monty Python's 'Fish Dance' at the lock?

Goth Morris!

@triarb5790

7 ай бұрын

Probably closer to the real pagan dancers than men with bells on their shins and stupid hats.

Makes me so proud of our culture. ❤❤❤❤❤

I love this so much. Love from Australia 🇦🇺

Love the witch dances

This is the first time I’ve seen all female Morris dancers. Intriguing.

@scrimshank1

5 ай бұрын

Check out their Vixana - The Dark Gathering

@billsmith2696

4 ай бұрын

So you did'nt see the male dancer then?

@scrimshank1

4 ай бұрын

Check also Boss Morris

@YorkyOne

Ай бұрын

As of 2024 there are more female than male morris dancers

Very nice greetings from Poland

I loved this...this wass great,keep the spirit alive💪 greetings from the netherlands 😘🍀🇳🇱

Superbes danse et musique ! Bravo from France !

This is so good. Going to post to Twitter, I’m sure our American cousins will find it most unusual. 😁

@conitorres9774

6 ай бұрын

As an American I already do 👍😀

Please please come to the Sandwich folk & ale festival in July one year

Che bella energia!!!

Großartig Vielen Dank

Ah that was jolly. Thanks Bunkfest.

Great mix of passion and history love it!!

Awesome!!!

Must admit I'm not completely fond of regular Morris Dance. These guys are FUN!!!!!!! Love it!

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ bring May Pole Dancing

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Interesting. I had never seen or even heard of this.

Lot more women involved great to see

Wonderful 😊 💜

Awesome

Love this!

Very cool ❤❤

Reminds me of ride a White swan

Cool

Funnnnnn😂🎉🎉🎉

🙌✨👏🙌✨👏🙌✨👏

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Quando venite a fare un concerto a Milano? Siete i benvenuti

😍

Nice to see a little paganism still strong.!

@scrimshank1

5 ай бұрын

Where are the pagan gods? Are you hearing voices and prayers? Take a pill.

Dark Morris

@keithskelhorne3993

7 ай бұрын

cant dance one without t'other,,, Nanny Ogg

Morris women..

Is this a modern version of morris dancing? I’ve seen them here in nz with white clothes and bells etc but not this style

@NiallHammond

7 ай бұрын

It is a form of Morris Dancing that comes from the English/Welsh border see - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Morris

@williamcaton8432

7 ай бұрын

Each region typically has its own style.

That looks nice but what ist the background of this dance? Where did it came from? what does it means/express?

@MrTbk3

7 ай бұрын

There's this thing called Google.

Quarter staff practice?

Do you know what the name of the tune is?

@alangee2200

Жыл бұрын

Errrrr - look at the title of the video ! ‘Brimfield’ ! DOH !

@NiallHammond

Жыл бұрын

Yes it is called Brimfield, I have few other performances of theirs from the same day, the titles for each do include the song names which I did check with the group.

@mericet39

Жыл бұрын

@@alangee2200 not a helpful remark and not always obvious - sometimes the name of the dance and name of the tune might not match, that is certainly the case in North West morris

Good to see thinking people who don’t give a sheet.

Is this some sort of witchery?

Great, but Morris was originally for men, with no sticks, only hankies. Am I correct?

@scrimshank1

6 ай бұрын

Why certainly and before that it was a large chunk of deer hide in one hand and an antler in the other. My goodness how things tend to evolve.

@K777John

6 ай бұрын

Morris dancing is both hankies and sticks, different dances with different traditions. I used to dance Cotswold Morris which funnily enough comes from the Cotswolds and Oxfordshire and is traditionally a male only dance. There is then border Morris and clog morris. The side I danced with back in the 1980’s was a member of the Morris Ring which kept the traditions going and was strictly a male tradition. The earliest known mention of the Morris is from the 1400’s so it’s been around for a very long time.

Morris dancers predate the English. It was always men, traveling around to peruse the ladies.

Sorry, just can’t take to women trying to be Morrismen 😖

Most excellent