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Ribbon Pole Weave

Also known as Maypole dance · Lintdans

Ribbon Pole Weave: photograph by David Luther Thomas
Photo: David Luther Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Dancers circle a pole in alternating directions; choose the over-under steps to plait a perfect ribbon pattern down the pole.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of United Kingdom, Spain.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of Celtic and Atlantic Europe.

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