Abbots Bromley Horn Dance
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10 жыл бұрынDocumentary segment about the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance. This dance & procession, using reindeer antlers, takes place every September in the village of Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England. It is Britain's oldest folk dance tradition. The first written reference to it is from 1686. However, it is almost certainly much older, & very likely originally tied in with Winter Solstice celebrations.
The presenters here are Rachel & Becky Unthank, who are folk singers & folk dancers from the north-east of England.
Official website - www.abbotsbromley.com/horn_dance
Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbots_B...
@D-777i Жыл бұрын
God preserve these ancient customs for many generations to come!
@irampotter Жыл бұрын
That looks like a very impresive Ha Ha they have at Blithfield Hall, all the more reason to plan a trip there when the Horn Dance visits.
@joanalunamessenet7111 2 жыл бұрын
I loving very nice tradition great history all is beautiful great village 🌸🌸🌸💚💚💚💚💚💚💜💜🙏🙏🤘💛💜💜💚💚
@robertgreen6027 3 жыл бұрын
"Oh come tell me shaun ofarrel, tell me where the gatherings to be? by the old spot by the river quite well known to you and me!"
@emilyflotilla931 3 ай бұрын
I wondered about that. It must be an old tune that was adapted.
@mythinamodernworld 9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this - very good to see this tradition carried on!
@suzannetaichert8872 7 ай бұрын
Awesome! 🦌
@marioriospinot 10 жыл бұрын
Nice.
@tashaposlaniec8009 5 ай бұрын
This reminds me of Morris dancers a little bit.
@lorrainefrost6285 6 ай бұрын
Reindeer antlers are do much bigger than other beasties
@Bertoblam1 9 жыл бұрын
Careful, You could have some ones eye out with them horns!
@TheRuprechtKroenen 3 жыл бұрын
That's partly the melody of the Irish Rebel song "The Rising of the Moon" Who inspired whom?
@jrcrawford4 2 жыл бұрын
"Oh it is the biggest mix up that you have ever seen My father, he was Orange and me mother, she was green..."
@Wotsitorlabart Жыл бұрын
They are clearly just playing popular tunes.
@foundationofBritain Жыл бұрын
Hornpipes originate in England… like, jigs, Morris dancing and much more. Remember, Ireland was for a very very long time under the influence of England… like so much of the British Isles… but with Ireland even more so.
@Bella-fz9fy Жыл бұрын
Quite a few Irish folk tunes are called Irish,when they were from England!Even step dancing began with a step dance that the continent name the English step!
@kfer9249 2 жыл бұрын
I came here after mention of the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance in this video m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nq2YnMaLuL_VYmQ.html You have a truly ancient ritual there. Obviously, it's gotten changed up A LOT.
@tomrogers5558 4 жыл бұрын
What documentary was this from?
@wonkylommiter6364 4 жыл бұрын
It's from 'Still Folk Dancing....After All These Years'. BBC4. 2011. I wish they'd re-show it! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wgrtr
@StepXX 5 жыл бұрын
She said "hUndreds" like in "who" :) The word must have been unaffected by the time in the area she came from. Thanks for sharing the video!
@jrcrawford4 2 жыл бұрын
hoondreds of yahs.
@Wotsitorlabart Жыл бұрын
Rachel and Becky Unthank are from County Durham in NE England.
@robertgreen6027 3 жыл бұрын
Do they still do this?
@stover14 3 жыл бұрын
Also wondering this.
@thetvdh1 2 жыл бұрын
Yes. It's today.
@eileenfalcone5578 Жыл бұрын
To the manor born
@Spyderredtoo 2 жыл бұрын
Should be on the winter solstice to be accurate.
@Wotsitorlabart Жыл бұрын
To be accurate it was danced at Christmastide.
@dwnash001 6 жыл бұрын
Hahaha "pagan with a small 'p'" :D
@Sofia-wx2ht 3 жыл бұрын
😉heard that...
@lorrainefrost6285 6 ай бұрын
Scottish Celtic pagan rite of fall
@YorkyOne Күн бұрын
Not Scottish. Not Celtic. Not pagan.
@Wotsitorlabart Жыл бұрын
The dance is not a 'fertility rite' or pagan or any such nonsense. The antlers are old but the earliest mention of the dance from the late 1500's describes it as a 'hobby horse dance' with no mention of the antlers - they only appear in written records in the 1600's.
@awolf4827 10 ай бұрын
Pretty weird they don't do this in the middle east 👀
@ernesthernia418 3 жыл бұрын
Can't believe they've canceled it this year. It's all outdoors, for goodness sake. I suppose if it was in aid of Black Lies Matter or Exstinktion Rebellion, the Council would let it go ahead. Sheer hypocrisy and a genuine shame.
@sazzieb1 3 жыл бұрын
And the crowd that come to watch?
@ernesthernia418 3 жыл бұрын
@@sazzieb1 and the crowds that come to riot, I mean 'protest'?
@stephen8176 5 жыл бұрын
It will continue on until a Muslim complains, then say bye to a thousand year tradition.
@danielpatrick3761 5 жыл бұрын
They play like they are integrated whilst small minority. As the size of their pop grows, they show their colours. When they reach approx 20% in coming decade or so, the tipping point will occur and the whole place will go up.
@Kikua1612 5 жыл бұрын
Aside from the fact that that won’t happen at all, sure
@danielpatrick3761 5 жыл бұрын
@@Kikua1612 you're deluded if you think that's not the case.
@conanmcdonnell7390 4 жыл бұрын
Don't talk bollocks
@dariogneri 4 жыл бұрын
you have come to a video about an English tradition and can still manage to shoe horn your bile and hatred into it ?
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