Morris Dancing at Oxford Folk Festival 2023
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- This compilation of videos was made during the Folk Weekend at Oxford on the 15th of April 2023.
Oxford Folk Weekend includes spectacular displays of live Morris music and dance with various dance styles from across the country.
The Morris Dancers groups on these videos are:
Chiltern Hundreds Northwest Morris
www.chilternhun...
@chilternhundredsmorris
The Knights of King Ina
www.koki.org.uk/
@knightsofkingina
Hemlock Morris
www.hemlockmor...
@hemlock_morris
Phoenix Morris
phoenixmorrisd...
@phoenixmorrisdancers
Thames Valley Morris Men
www.tvmm.org.uk/
Queen's Oak Border Morris
www.queensoak....
Black Annis Morris
blackannismorr...
@blackannis-jm4zc
Datchet Morris
www.datchetmor...
@datchetmorris
Good! Keep your culture alive! Enjoy and dance. A Friend from France.
They're good . . . very good!
These songs revive the mystic chords of ancient memory. Thank you!
Great example of one of Britain’s many varied rural folk traditions.
This is just as silly and wonderful and Sir Terry described it.
A great over-all cover of the many Sides - loved it ‼️ Dancing England Still Dances 👍👍💯💯✔✔
Thank you very much! 😊🙏
🎉This is wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing it with us.🎉
Thank you so much =)
Commentators remember that English folk styles were not high culture performances, but rural participatory celebrations and rituals.
This is such an important point to make. They are dances designed for people to join in.
@@kathykeeley352
But ironically the origins are as an entertainment in the 15th century royal courts of Europe.
I don't know when and where the Morris dance originated from, I am not an expert, but I see a lot of similarities with the Romanian dance "Calusarii." The Romanians claim that their dance is over 2 thousand years old, even before the romans invaded Dacia, and it was originally a ritual. Also, there are resemblances with the Portuguese Pauliteiros dancers, well the romans were present in all the regions that I mentioned. So who knows.
@@georgem1257
The Romanians 'claim'.
But a simple search reveals the 'Calusarii' has no known history before the 17th century.
The morris dance can be traced back to a 15th century European royal court entertainment. Earliest reference is from the Burgundian court of 1427-28.
Earliest reference in England is from the Goldsmiths Company in London in 1448.
@@georgem1257
The Pauliteiros dancers appears to be a stick dance possibly of late Middle Ages origin.
The earliest references to the use of sticks in morris dancing is from the late 17th century - the 'Bedlam morris' of the West Midlands.
That was fun to watch! Thank you.
Thank you for your comment 😃I'm glad you liked it!
Thank you for this! I miss Morris!
Amazing English culture that no major media shows at all.
This is on local news often. Stop trying to be a victim. How much money do you donate to Morris Sides? How many folk festivals did you go to last year? How many Morris festivals did you organize last year? Traditions only die when people don’t go to the festivals. Stop being a false victim.
@@StoptheHateJustDebate local news isnt major media, reread what he said
@@StoptheHateJustDebate because most people dont know about them, because theres none of it on peoples news
@@beeball99 gotta cover all the deaths overseas don't we!
For good reason😂
That drumming actually hits so hard!
HANKIES AND BELLS HANKIES AND BELLS FOR THE WIN!
Loved it looks like fun
Thank you very much =) Yes it is!
Love it and it’s English
Thank you very much 😃
Can you imagine other civilisations built the Pyramids and Taj Mahal and this is all these people can be proud of.
why you got to bring us down man?@@ramatgan1
@@ramatgan1mate, get a life. You don't need to leave the same comment, you could just simply leave ✌🏻
📍London@@ramatgan1
US here. Just another thing I did not know. Very interesting. The use of scarfs in some dances reminds me of the Greeks and other countries too.
The very early morris dancers had fabric streamers pinned to the shoulders of their coats - by 1600 they were holding napkins.
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Greta content, thankyou.
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Thanks 🙏
Who needs to to a.gym when ypu can do this?
Nice, gentle and pleasant, like England. Of course I realize varied historic Britain has many richly varied regional traditional dancing and music styles.
I have an ancestor who was arrested for Morris dancing on a Sunday a few centuries ago.
Great to see this still being practised. Im going to get into it myself and celebrate this great dance commemortaing the reconquista in Spain.
Morris = Moors. The muslim colonisers kicked out of Iberia!
Lol you should thank the moors for western civilisation
@tyrone9953 HAHAHHA. Come on Tyrone, edumacate me, boy. Let's see what trash you can bring to the table with this one
The morris dance does not commemorate the Reconquista.
Morris derives from 15th / 16th century variations on Moorish - how they imagined the Moors might dance.
@@tyrone9953 How's that? Did they inspire the ancient Greeks? Or the Minoans? Fool
@@YorkyOne I highly doubt one would commemorate or imitate a sworn enemy (and a heathen at that!). Especially when England was actively sending knights and retinues to aid in the reconquista itself.
Highly unlikely, no?
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Thank you so much 😃
What tune is the first one? Love from Ireland btw reminds me of some of our traditions
Hi, I don't know what is the name of the first music. But you can contact the Chilttern Hundreds Morris on their Instagram page to ask them: @chilternhundredsmorris 😃
Im so wrong, its basically battle training? The ones swinging the white handkerchief would have wooden clubs or staves instead? The reason for the bells on the wrist and legs is because they would be split up, watching catlle or something?
So you come across something, your swinging and kicking, making noise?
Incorrect in every detail.
@Wotsitorlabart I know, I was tipsy, and was thinking out loud...
I have another wrong theory, it goes something like, dangit, the boys are fighting, now they're hitting eatchother with sticks, what if we make up a dance, and get them to hit the sticks in a routine, it's basically something to do, burn off energy, plus part of me still thinks it's combat training, but more giving kids something to do.
I'm wrong again, and I'll admit it, haven't researched it, just hungover and thinking out loud
Theoretically, if back then the most common force multiplier was a piece of wood, like a club, I'm kind of imaging at one point people were sparring, came up with the idea it was fun, then came up with the idea if they co ordinated they could kinda make music, then they got carried away, added more people and Morris dancing was invented....
We Can agree it would be a workout?
Your swinging wood, hitting wood, dancing around, it's building up muscle memory and spacial awareness
@@davehart1027
Incorrect in every detail - but fantastically inventive!
@Wotsitorlabart that's why I say I'm wrong,
@@davehart1027
It really was a compliment.
1:33 the griddy
Очень похожи на восточно-европейские танцы 😳
Actually, those Eastern European dances are similar to these.
Morris dancing after the manner of the moors
How they believed the Moors might dance - exotic.
@@ThePrinceofPlots why would they imitate active enemies of Christendom? Makes no sense outside of the dance world.
@@darrendin2050 there were christianized moors? You do know that right? and it’s not like people didn’t mix and mingle. It’s pretty fucking obvious they are mimicking Moors dude 😂 like super obvious
This ignores that literally English definition of Morris dancing (quite literally after the manner of the moors) plus people reacted differently in different areas to the presence of moors.
It’s almost the most obvious thing look at them. Lmfao FUCKING LOOOK AT THEM
@@ThePrinceofPlots
The earliest morris dances were royal court entertainments and consisted of several richly dressed young men dancing with exaggerated poses around a young lady (in one description she is holding an apple) - they are each trying to woo her.
It isn't literally a dance that the Moors would have performed - it's how high 15th century Western European culture imagined they would have danced.
This dance is very similar with the Romanian calusarii. There is similarity even with the costume and the fact that they have wooden sticks. The sticks used to be actual swords in the past, but now it's practiced with sticks instead.
But not related at all.
@@YorkyOne This dance style was brought by the Dacians when the Roman Empire conquered you, now it has changed a lot, but if you want to know the root, look for the Calușarii and you will see the truth!
Hmm, why don`t you invite Mooris groups from Romania socalled calushi ,you`ll see there will be many interferences among Britain and Balkan folkrore.
Hi, that's a good idea, but I'm unfortunately not the organisator of this festival ☺ You can contact the organisator of the Oxford folk festival to propose. Here is their Instagram account: @folkweekend_oxford
It’s sad seeing people make fun of these dances it’s our culture get a life and stop trying to mock us.
Well, I think I know how England ended up with a empire that went around the world...
Kind of like the Johnny Cash song, "A Boy Named Sue"...when the nations of the world made fun of Morris dancing, the English were embittered to the point that it roused a great martial spirit...
Best navy in the world too. Probably because the best Morris dancer on every ship was... Well...
... Let's just say English sailors were less prone to getting lonely on the looong voyages from home because of the most excellent Morris dancers.
Britain, like many countries, has many different styles of folk dance. For a small country it has always been a very rich and varied culture from area to area. Obviously it gave the world its language, literature, law, culture too. What are you trying to say and why?
This couldn't be any more white even if it was snowing lol
Well, I think I know how England ended up with a empire that went around the world...
Kind of like the Johnny Cash song, "A Boy Named Sue"...when the nations of the world made fun of Morris dancing, the English were embittered to the point that it roused a great martial spirit...
Best navy in the world too. Probably because the best Morris dancer on every ship... Well...
... Let's just say English sailors were less prone to getting lonely on the looong voyages from home because of the most excellent Morris dancers.
What are you implying? It’s one of many styles of British traditional folk dance. Other countries have theirs. What’s your point and purpose?
Both interesting and a bit boring
Thank you for watching ;)
Your video is perfect. First time watching this dance. Can you include how these dances came to be?
Quite the workout!
Yes it was! 🏅
Traditional dances are like that.
It's nice and all, keeping the tradition alive, British culture and all that but I just think it's a bit pathetic? Like a Britian's got talent act.
Britain has many more varied folk dance styles than many other places. This is just one ancient ritual style. We also have clog dancing, sword dancing, etc.
@@susandrydenhenderson6234 And English country dancing, as in Playford's 17th century manual "The English Dancing Master". English country dancing moved up the social hierarchy and spread to European court dancing.
Can you imagine other civilisations built the Pyramids and Taj Mahal and this is all these people can be proud of.
a somali saying this 😂
Who brought the industrial revolution to the world?
Magna Carta, maybe?
You don't know much about English culture and history 😂 silly individual! God bless though
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You're jealous, you loser. 😢😢