1979 Sheffield Fargate - Handsworth Traditional Sword dancers performing an intricate Sword dance in Fargate Sheffield city centre South Yorkshire England GB UK Europe. The dancers wear dragoon-type uniforms and carry long-swords of inflexible steel about one metre in length. Shortly after the beginning of the ten-minute dance, they join to form a complete ring, and perform a series of complex ‘figures’, ending with a ‘lock’ of enmeshed swords, which can be carried aloft by one man. In Yorkshire the main traditional dance is longsword, or Yorkshire longsword. It is usually a midwinter dance

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Location: Fargate Sheffield city centre UK
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