Many will be dancing around a maypole this sunny May Day (Picture: Getty) Nothing beckons summer forth more effectively than dancing around a pole adorned with long, coloured ribbons… if you believe ...

A group of children are preparing to perform a maypole dance in May A group fighting to continue a tradition of Maypole dancing in a Rutland village said they needed more members to keep going. The ...

In a nod to the past — the very old past — the village of Orland Park hosted a May Day celebration Saturday. The spring celebration can be traced back to Roman times, but the village’s historical ...

About 250 people gathered on the grounds at the Berks County 4-H Center in Bern Township to watch a traditional English maypole dance Saturday and celebrate the coming of warmer weather. The May Faire ...

TIVERTON — The first decision the Maypole dancers had to make was what color ribbon they would hold as they danced around the tall pole that was covered in a colorful ribbon weave from last year’s ...

While I had vaguely heard of the Maypole dance over the years, the first one I experienced in person involved schoolchildren in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. My son had enrolled as a fifth grader in ...

Traditional dances, musical performances, and the erection of a new maypole highlighted Saturday’s celebration of the 386th anniversary of Thomas Morton’s maypole celebration with the Native Americans ...

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The quaint and jolly morris dance – a colourful throwback to the folk traditions of rural England – is aiming to secure a wider following in Hong Kong. With around 15 local and expat members, the Hong ...