They are called so because the action mimics the motion of a group of maypole dancers bobbing and weaving around each other in an intricate choreography that results in an equally intricate pole ...

They are called so because the action mimics the motion of a group of maypole dancers bobbing and weaving around each other in an intricate choreography that results in an equally intricate pole ...

In the middle ages the maypole was used for a dance that symbolised flowering male fertility, as baskets and wreaths symbolised female fertility. Neighbouring villages would compete to see who has ...

We would go knocking on doors, and when the householder answered, we would prance round the 'maypole', holding on to the ribbons and kicking our legs as high as possible, singing: Molly dancers ...

"The Maypole Dance was performed as part of the Ivy Day celebration, an annual spring pageant sponsored by the women of the junior class from 1877 to 1930 and held behind Foss Hall" (43).

Presented by the Ten Sleepless Knights, the Folklife Festival kicked off at the Whim Museum two weeks ago with a day of cultural activities like moko jumbie mask-making, head-tie wrapping, woodworking ...