15th/16th Century Morris Dancers outside an alehouse celebrating the springtime festival of Whitsunday (Pentecost). Morris dance is a form of English folk dance usually accompanied by music. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers, usually wearing bell pads on their shins. Implements such as sticks, swords and handkerchiefs may also be wielded by the dancers. In a small number of dances for one or two people, steps are near and across a pair of clay tobacco pipes laid one across the other on the floor.

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Size: 4590px × 3441px
Location: England, UK
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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