Maypole Ribbon Dance on Prado - Grupo BanRara - Havana, Cuba

Grupo BanRara (Cubano-Haitiano) performs a traditional ribbon maypole dance from Guantanamo, Cuba. Isaias Rojas, Director - March 2013
The tradition of maypole dancing in Guantanamo came from Haiti via France where maypole dancing was in style in the 18th century as an art dance. The origins of maypole dancing may have began in ancient Babylon during sex worship and fertility rites. Source - wikipedia.org