Sleights Sword Dancers, East Side, Whitby, Yorkshire, c1912. Artist: Cecil Sharp

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Sleights Sword Dancers, East Side, Whitby, Yorkshire, c1912. Photograph taken by music collector Cecil Sharp (1859-1924) of a traditional Yorkshire folk dance in which swords of wood or flexible steel are linked together in a chain.

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Size: 5421px × 3483px
Location: World,Europe,United Kingdom,England,North Yorkshire,Whitby
Photo credit: © EFDSS/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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