I'm Scottish, but I love Morris Dancing; if there was a club, or whatever it's called, in Glasgow, I'd join in a minute!
@verticalsmurf
14 жыл бұрын
Rock on guys. Keep the tradition alive and be proud of it. Rock on.
@madbawden
14 жыл бұрын
I love this...wish I were there...what fun! Thanks John!!
@timradford9568
2 жыл бұрын
Almost exactly as out of my book....Adderbury Morris -Sweet Jenny Jones....🙂
@TheBSJones
11 жыл бұрын
I like it! The dances are Sweet Jenny Jones from the village of Adderbury and The Quaker from the village of Bampton for those who don't know.
@MrRabson55
12 жыл бұрын
Nice to know that the good old British sense of humour is alive & well today in the Morris Dancing comunity then...!
@mizofan
13 жыл бұрын
As scintillating as it's sexy. Morris dancing came to England (and Germany) from the Moorish dance in Spain in the 15th century. My dog liked a few moments of this.
@stevemills00
16 жыл бұрын
My favourite Morris KZitem.
@windstorm1000
14 жыл бұрын
glad to see people holding onto their traditions....Butterworth, UK composer, was an enthusiastic Morris dancer
@mwingereza
15 жыл бұрын
More publicity should be given to this ancient martial art from Albion. Down with kendo, long live morris!
@MadLizzy1
15 жыл бұрын
I thoroughly enjoyed this, and thank you for posting it!
@hugehalofan1
14 жыл бұрын
song's quite catchy :D
@CenoByte
11 жыл бұрын
It's a traditional dance in many areas of the northern Spain. Here in Catalonia is a very traditional as well, we call it "Ball de Bastons" (Dance of Batons). There are many examples in youtube..
@Malabus73
11 жыл бұрын
Love to start Morris Dancing...just read a small pamphlet on William Wells
@Nicoco95310
11 жыл бұрын
Lol me too. I'm french, and had never heard of morris dancing before, so I thought he had invented it. But then at the end of the book he mentions at a book signing a troup of morris dancers performed the black morris for him. So I came here to see.
@alexbreezybreeze
12 жыл бұрын
...(continued 2) ...deride our own. I won't do it. I will vehemently defend Morris dancing (and the related music and dances of Scotland and Ireland) as part of one of the most advanced, important cultures ever to have been present on this Earth.
@Prancer1231
12 жыл бұрын
Yes! I was thinking that too. They're really similar.
@rachellivermore1918
4 жыл бұрын
Ignore the haters and negative comments. Well done!
@alexbreezybreeze
12 жыл бұрын
...(continued) ...and the culture about which this dancing tells a story is the culture of a people whose influence and advancement in technology and culture allowed to spread all over the world, creating modern human civilisation as we know it. Cars, trains, plains, multi-storey buildings, advanced sciences, art, architecture, superb advanced healthcare, electricity etc. Sub-saharan Africans didn't even invent the wheel, yet we are forced to glorify Afro-Caribbean dance/music cultures and...
@goibee
12 жыл бұрын
@RatherLargeAllan Morris dancing, derived from the term "Moorish" dancing. It was taken from the dancing style of the the Moors, who were the mixed Arab and Berber (North African) race of people who conquered Spain. Very interesting to see how culture evolves!
@borimirtheboring
16 жыл бұрын
I know I'm an American but this makes me laugh. I never realized Monty Python's Fish dance was a Morris Dance.
@bazmc1153
11 жыл бұрын
And we get it tight for wearing kilt's lol, glad i seen this.
@wenqiweiabcd
9 жыл бұрын
The same Sassenachs who laugh at kilts also can't wait to see Morris dancing gone. I just can't understand how anyone can hate this kind of traditional folk culture with such a passion.
@freddieprize
14 жыл бұрын
what a hillarious tradition there you have in england. people in my country have forgott their own traditional culture and prefer to folow what they say as "western culture"
@Despara5T
13 жыл бұрын
can be executed in a vast array of different movements and highly varying styles. To the extent new styles and new moves are brought about on a regular basis, making break dancing almost more of a artistic expression of talent and ones own strengths or weaknesses rather then a ritualistic forced tradition. So with that in mind its really no surprise many youths prefer break dancing to Morse dancing.
@Trund27
12 жыл бұрын
Man, I wish I was in England right now
@lewisderrickandroy
12 жыл бұрын
Hi, I'm meant to be teaching some primary school children some basic morris dancing. I'm struggling to find any music I can download online (paid or on the cheap)...Can anyone point me in the right direction? PLEASE! =)
@pedrogas1
12 жыл бұрын
Omg this is very similar to a traditional dance from Portugal
@plutogirlgenius
15 жыл бұрын
Haha That's exactly why I looked it up too :P
@coy0te9
11 жыл бұрын
It looks like enough don't to keep the tradition cheerfully alive. The dancers always look like they're having fun and if it annoys stick in the mud types, good for them.
@fodsaks
16 жыл бұрын
A word of warning: Be very carefully if you find yourself drinking with the Morrisers. Many of them are part of the real ale brigade and then can booze the average human into oblivion... I KNOW!
@peachcharm6015
11 жыл бұрын
Amazing dance
@Owdfolkie
13 жыл бұрын
@epmorris Rather a sad attitude... the tradition needs to be kept alive, and our side (Earl of Stamford Morris, dancing 'Sweet Jenny Jones' at the beginning of the cilp - I'm the accordion player seen at the end of the dance) does a grand job of bringing the youngsters in. Three years ago we actually fielded a set of under-18's complete with musician, and all of them are still dancing Morris even though some of them have now headed off to Uni and dance with other sides.
@TheSnowballEarth
11 жыл бұрын
I've read that Morris dancing in the British Isles might have spread there as a result of Celtic migrations. Considering that the Celts ranged throughout Europe there's a possibility that they acquired it from Eastern Europe (Roman Dacia). Fascinating. Cheers!
@PinkBlackMagic
11 жыл бұрын
1) Mute the music on this. 2) Play Sexy and I Know It by LMFAO and watch the video. 3) Die laughing. xD
@genticles9981
5 жыл бұрын
You can say what you want but that must take hard work
@94Robotkiller
11 жыл бұрын
England's traditional dance
@TheGoCougar
13 жыл бұрын
YAYA TOURE brought me here!
@pikachuisshook2795
5 жыл бұрын
It's been 12 years and I'm still wondering what was going on that day
@bjnwright
14 жыл бұрын
@ManlnCognito HA HA HA! that's the best line i've heard all year.
@Trund27
12 жыл бұрын
Who asked you to judge?
@jimmm-vy6yh
8 жыл бұрын
Great cheers!
@SpookyJohnathan
13 жыл бұрын
...forum is oftentimes a rough and crude place. It's somewhere for anyone, no matter what they feel or believe, to express themselves however they see fit. If the only way they can do that, or the only way they choose to do that, is with poor grammar, shite punctuation, or with foul language than so be it. It only adds flavour. The flavour may not be pleasant, but it's unique, and that's what's important...dum, dooDUM! Bringing me back to my analogy about morris dancing. Like I said...
@Sempergalaicus
12 жыл бұрын
This is pretty much what the Basques call "makil dantza" and quite likely made to England from the Basque country not the other way around. But then again, I'm no expert. Type "makil dantza" up there and you'll see plenty of samples.
@jackduffy1817
6 жыл бұрын
The Whicker's with their wands, But these are masons with their batons.
@TheAnn2shoes
14 жыл бұрын
@joshuanesbit Yes, it's as close to the national dance of England you can get.
@ConfusedGiraffe
11 жыл бұрын
that made me laugh so hard
@LostInConfusion1
13 жыл бұрын
So this is the morris dance. I was wondering what Terry Pratchett was talking about.
@pekoro70
11 жыл бұрын
It looks like a complicated way to break your fingers
@CallmeKira
13 жыл бұрын
Is this normal???
@SpookyJohnathan
13 жыл бұрын
@lawrencejb1 ...any discourse on the topic except for everyone talking about how wonderful it is, and how boring would that be? Same goes for sexuality, religion, or anything. Just because it's sacred to some dosn't mean everyone else is going to feel the same way, or that they even should. That's the beauty of an open public forum like this one. You get to hear all sides, see the criticism, respond to it, agree with it, confront it, whatever. And that brings me to my next point. The public...
@Alzorthegreat
16 жыл бұрын
so THATS what morris dancing is! O: first people that bang sticks against other sticks then people slapping eachother with some cloth.... well then i know
@Sammyboy72
16 жыл бұрын
That would be the view of you and the other 5 old men still in the Morris Ring would it?
@adiora
14 жыл бұрын
this looks like Romanian Calusarii!!!!!!!
@trombonetom
16 жыл бұрын
It IS Earl of Stamford
@LordSia13
15 жыл бұрын
Ah yes... Now I see why we europeans headed for the New World, the Dark Continent and Far East, with all due haste... Haka for the win! Nah, kidding, good show, though I can't say I'm that big of a fan....
@MaybeRumpel
13 жыл бұрын
@mrmojohasrisen "Yous" is not a word. "You" is used as both a singular and plural form. Please sort that out. Can I remind you that Scotland and England have been united since 1603, therefore Scotland is equally as guilty in the time period I believe you're referring to? Hence the "British" Empire, not the "English" Empire. Two World Wars and one World Cup? Because England- as part of Britain- was part of the prevailing force of the two wars and won the World Cup. Kind of obvious.
@ruthbibby
15 жыл бұрын
"letting" women do it? Silly me, I thought that women could do what they wanted.
@lookinglassalice
16 жыл бұрын
with out the females the first troupe would only have 3 dancers by the looks of it...hardly enough to dance this. and, oh those swishy hankies...
@TheSocietan
11 жыл бұрын
Okay, I 'm leaving... let me know how it ends
@SpookyJohnathan
13 жыл бұрын
@lawrencejb1 ...it's fuckin' goofy as hell, but that's okay (it's only my opinion afterall). Maybe I wasn't in the mood for sexy chic or red hot rythm. Thank goodness I have these unique flavours to choose from, and your own opinions only contribute to that. And that's the beautiful thing, which I think ties in well with everything you said also.
@Despara5T
13 жыл бұрын
@kramnodd9 This type of dancing is what children's parents tell there children they did, or still do in an attempt to maintain control of what many would call culture. The "gangsta rap" or more accurately called break dancing, is really incomparable to that of Morse dancing, and you make yourself sound very silly in trying to compare the too. Morse dancing consists of a series of movements and moves which is for the better part executed the same by anyone done properly. Whilst brake dancing
@SpookyJohnathan
13 жыл бұрын
@lawrencejb1 I feel I should expound the importance of my last comment. It's a great and noble thing to respect the cultures, traditions, beliefs, sexual orientation or lack thereof, etcetera of your fellow man, but I feel it's just as important to accept, even expect, criticism. The question isn't how people react to you, but how you react to their reactions, if that makes any sense at all. For instance if folks just kept mum about how goofy morris dancing is (it -is-), then there'd never be...
@mittROMNEY666
13 жыл бұрын
why the fuck is this still around? if only it had died out safely before it could be documented .. but now its on the internet so it will be here forever. fuck
@MrRabson55
12 жыл бұрын
i still say you should try incest miore than once (but most definitely NOT Morris Dancing)...!!
@SpookyJohnathan
13 жыл бұрын
@lawrencejb1 Fuck that. You get votes for everything else, though. Props.
@freddieprize
14 жыл бұрын
@1Siriusmind i mean the other culture like they dressed like a punk rocker even they don't
@oJKBo
13 жыл бұрын
lol
@inbar0412
11 жыл бұрын
THAT IS JUST WEIRD
@richardsfolkmusic
14 жыл бұрын
Sweet Jenny Jones was in fact a courting dance fron Adderbury not a fertility one and if ladies weren't dancing in mixed and single sex morris sides most live morris would be dead by now so think on!
@freddieprize
14 жыл бұрын
@1Siriusmind and wearing hoodie and emo hairstyle without knowing why they do that
@AcidC4
14 жыл бұрын
Hi i am gay aswell can we meet? xxx
@jimbobjun
13 жыл бұрын
mental
@flemwad
14 жыл бұрын
@ultramaria blah blah blah
@ALEKS899
12 жыл бұрын
Romanian "Calusarii" , but the slower and boring version. :)
@quaxk
12 жыл бұрын
hilariously gay :)
@bearVshark100
11 жыл бұрын
Ive never seen folk dancers seem so not into the dance
@Despara5T
13 жыл бұрын
@kramnodd9 I would have to agreed with that statement, yet at the same time I'd still have to say this is pretty fruity dancing. I know if I were English I would not be wary of such a "tradition" disappearing.
@sacason
12 жыл бұрын
I can see why English people hate this.
@mr.e1708
13 жыл бұрын
Well this is embarrassing. Some aspects of "culture" are perhaps better forgotten...
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