Grenoside Sword Dancers perform their annual 'Traipse' held during early January. The dance features a symbolic mock-beheading.

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Grenoside Sword Dancers perform their annual 'Traipse' around the village held on the first Saturday after the first Sunday in January. The dance features a symbolic mock-beheading of the Captain who wears a foxskin cap. Seen here performing at Middleton Green Farm. Grenoside was once a separate village but now a suburb of Sheffield.

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Size: 3000px × 4000px
Location: Middleton Green Farm, Grenoside, Sheffield, UK
Photo credit: © Richard Bradley / Alamy / Afripics
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