UK - Tradition - Morris dancers day of dance in London

London, UK. Saturday 10th May 2014. Morris dancers day of dance in London. Groups from all over the country gather to perform their traditional dances in Westminster. The Westminster Morris Men perform with handkerchiefs. 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. The earliest known and surviving English written mention of Morris dance is dated to 1448.

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London, UK. Saturday 10th May 2014. Morris dancers day of dance in London. Groups from all over the country gather to perform their traditional dances in Westminster. The Westminster Morris Men perform with handkerchiefs. 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. The earliest known and surviving English written mention of Morris dance is dated to 1448.