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The Morris Men
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Uploaded: 05/30/08 5:45 PM GMT
The Morris Men
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Found these Morris dancers strutting their stuff in Biddenden in Kent. Morris dancers can usually be found dancing on the 1st May each year outside village pubs waving their handkerchiefs, sticks or garlands and then throughout the summer and Autumn at various events. Morris dancing marks the return of Spring and goes back to at least the 15th Century. It was lost for a while except in a few villages, and then reinvented in a Folk revival in the late 19th century by folk music researcher Cecil Sharp. Today you will find not just men, but teams of women too dancing. They always seem to pull a crowd!
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So, let me understand this correctly. The men dance together in teams. The women dance in teams as well. Morris Men dancing died out. Hum, could it be a numbers game? Maybe the population dwindled due to this team concept. Maybe the teams should have been mixed up a little! lol. Sorry Ann, I digress. You have a very enjoyable photo and a wonderful narrative. I must go, the pub just called my number and my table is ready.
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How fun, you captured the spirit!
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~ cc de leo
'Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.'
Can't add much more to what Jimbob and John said.
HMMMM, Men Dancing together ?
OOOOOOKAY !
Nice Clear Image Ann.
Thanks for sharing a Dance with us.
E J
HMMMM, Men Dancing together ?
OOOOOOKAY !
Nice Clear Image Ann.
Thanks for sharing a Dance with us.
E J
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Well they seem like a nice boys Ann. ;o)
An olde English event well captured, it's a difficult subject for an old city boy like me to relate too though. These were the kind of events the church was so keen to suppress, but the Morris dancers survived. :o)
Thanks for uploadin
An olde English event well captured, it's a difficult subject for an old city boy like me to relate too though. These were the kind of events the church was so keen to suppress, but the Morris dancers survived. :o)
Thanks for uploadin
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Big brother's watching you :o) A mistreated dog should try to leave a deposit on their masters best carpet, after all it's important to establish who's boss ... Help I'm being repressed !!
Very colorful with an interesting narrative. Thanks for sharing.
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"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." -- Benjamin Franklin
Great clarity, colour & close up. This is really a great action shot & presentation with the frame adding that punch of colour.
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Great shot Ann. I know from experience how difficult it is to get them in action - they wont keep still!! :) The look to be enjoying themselves :)
Yes, we have them here too believe it or not. Watched them in my hometown recently at a Victorian Heritage celebration. I love the music they dance to.
Yes, we have them here too believe it or not. Watched them in my hometown recently at a Victorian Heritage celebration. I love the music they dance to.
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The question is not what you look at, but what you see ~ Marcel Proust
Great clear shot of these dancing men, very well done! An interesting narrative too. Thank´s for sharing!
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SEFA
Fun-tastic shot. Thank you!!!
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For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, His eternal power and Godhead;... Rom 1:20
A jolly bunch of people. and a lovely capture of them.. well done
Marietha & Susan
Marietha & Susan
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Marietha
****Live every day as if it's your last... and take "pictures" of it ;) ****
Well, boys will be boys, and if you play them a tune they might even dance for you!
Already said, but the colors and the capture of the action are terrific. Great people shot, and I'm not usually one to admire that genre.
:)PJ
Already said, but the colors and the capture of the action are terrific. Great people shot, and I'm not usually one to admire that genre.
:)PJ
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We don’t make art to show someone what something looks like. All this requires is eyes (or a lens). Art is supposed to have meaning, emotion, power, or magic. Alan & Mario "FourThirds"
Jimbob