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imageMaypole Dances were traditionally done on May 1st for May Day.  One type of Maypole Dance is called a Ribbon Dance. The dancers each hold a ribbon that’s attached to the Maypole.  They then dance around the pole, sometimes intertwining ribbons. 

Below is a video of a simple and pretty Maypole Dance in the style of a Ribbon Dance…

Enjoy!

Mama Lisa

This artilce was posted on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 at 6:22 pm and is filed under Dances, Games Around the World, Holidays Around the World, May Day, Maypole Dance, Maypole Dancing. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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