Beltane Border Morris Dancing The Beltane Fire Dance at Teignmouth Folk Festival 2013
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@bobbyjohnston78572 жыл бұрын
Respect from your Celtic cousins from Eire. People say this is a dance from Spanish influence. Maybe right but we Celts have respected the Crows and Ravens for thousands of years. They are the guardian of our dead to our next world. Slainte
@adelinemanohe54602 жыл бұрын
probably not. In romania we have a dance very similar (călusul) registered at UNESCO, known to be at the roots pagan and pre-roman, with magical and ritualistic elements. and a masked dancer who represent the evil trying to bring chaos. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rbCpa9CczMi5qWw.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nZ2Bl7Rpt5umhYk.html
@mt.shasta6097 Жыл бұрын
Well said, Bobby.
@WoodlandCrone4 ай бұрын
This American LOVES Beltane Border Morris Dancers. They have the best energy and choreography.
@celticman3053 Жыл бұрын
This ancient culture must never be allowed to get lost to the modern world, loved every second of it. Thank you for sharing. Australian/Wiccan
@noahboddee5238 Жыл бұрын
Never realized fishnets and army boots were ancient Celtic
@ROALD. Жыл бұрын
It has been lost though, this is a modern revival. It’s not authentic.
@bannedonmoya3761 Жыл бұрын
They only started doing blackface in the 1800s, specifically to be r@cist. This isn't history, it's revisionist pro-colonial nonsense.
@cmur078 Жыл бұрын
@@noahboddee5238 Yeah, this is some of the most modernised Morris dancing out there (you can tell because it's actually enjoyable to watch, where the authentic stuff is crap to modern tastes). That's not bad, it's the only way to survive if it's still a relevant product of contemporary society rather than a relic, but it's also not particularly ancient.
@Bella-fz9fy Жыл бұрын
I think Morris dancing has just slowed down too much,especially as young people tended to mock it,but it was always a joyful dance,a jig!
@TheAmerind10 жыл бұрын
That is the coolest Morris dancing I have ever seen
@eddiep10263 жыл бұрын
me too
@paisleysmith6141 Жыл бұрын
You need a world tour! Really a privilege to watch.
@ruggerhound907910 ай бұрын
I agree with many previous comments posted.... They are the best troupe that I have witnessed. They give those sticks a far bit more than a tickle, don't they. I love the theatrical passion involved. Please keep this 'one of the little remaining' tradition living for English heritage.
@bobbyjohnston78573 жыл бұрын
Respect from the Celtic Pagans of Eire. Cousins keep our Culture strong and teach our children of the paths of the old ways. Saoirse
@enzedbrit3 жыл бұрын
The blood of our ancestors still flows in our veins!
@shaunamcconnoran60073 жыл бұрын
@@enzedbrit thats so true
@toomanymarys73553 жыл бұрын
Morris dancing was invented in the 1400s. It was created under the influence of visiting Spanish dancers, doing popular dances from Spain, and turned into something new. Nothing pagan about it. Morris was actually....Moorish. Hence the blackface.
@user-ry6jj6kx2s3 жыл бұрын
@@toomanymarys7355 This isn't true at all.
@Christionbridges2 жыл бұрын
This is just sad
@Threetails9 жыл бұрын
Proof of a living tradition is its continued evolution. When traditions stop evolving, they become nothing more than re-enactments. The Morris Dance is clearly alive and well in the twenty-first century.
@vermilliongecko9 жыл бұрын
Threetails For any art form to survive, it must evolve. This is exciting stuff!
@ryanweidman63387 жыл бұрын
it was originally sailors who took to begging when it began and now there professional street performers doing it
@EmilReiko7 жыл бұрын
Threetails reenactment or recreation may serve as a launchbay for revitalizing dead traditions, since the performers often start to add to or create from what the did as an reenactment.
@44906765 жыл бұрын
@@user-kh9ki3kq8m because this tradition existed before black people were sensitive AF about everything. This tradition has nothing to do with black people. Shocking as it may be to your millennial sensitivity, not everything is about minorities. In fact, if you wanna get technical about it, whites are a planetary minority, so maybe people should be more sensitive to whites and leave our traditions alone.
@morpheusm80665 жыл бұрын
@@4490676 The ironic thing is the Morris Dance has everything to do with black people. "It is indisputable that this dance is the invention of the Moor. Its negro origin is further seen in that white dancers blackened their faces to dance it." - Sir John Hawkins No one is going to "be more sensitive" until the "planetary minority" stops claiming things that did not originate from them and stop teaching so much false history.
@alanstevens25122 жыл бұрын
Our team danced with Beltane in Ilfracombe,very recently.I can tell you,they are one of the best "Border" teams in the whole Country.Very hypnotic sound with the drums,and violins.....plus a guitar in there!!!
@gavhinds8190 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this..keep the old ways alive..the old gods are watching..
@Bertoblam19 жыл бұрын
Proper arse kicking English folk roots celebration! these guys rock!
@josesousa89106 жыл бұрын
Wonderful performance! In Portugal we have a very similar dance: "Pauliteiros de Miranda", from the far North East Trás-os-Montes. I was amazed to see it has the same type of movements and rythm. It is usually played just with bagpipes and drums. I was told it has pre-Roman origins. Interesting to verify we share a common background.
@buidseach4 жыл бұрын
That's where it comes from, James the 6th of Scotland brought it over to Scotland then England.
@jillyb7103 жыл бұрын
@@buidseach That's wrong. It was John of Gaunt who brought it to England - House of Lancaster.
@scythianking73152 жыл бұрын
@@buidseach According to all the anti-white racists on these videos, we just "stole" and "immitated" this dance from the "Moors" LOL.
@user-PoliceMisconduct2 жыл бұрын
Portugal = Port of Gauls
@Wotsitorlabart Жыл бұрын
@@jillyb710 No evidence for that story.
@locomotive-pg2vt5 жыл бұрын
I really like the combination of the song with his choreography, this is a rich part of culture that the people should keep forever, with its changes and everything (Sorry for my bad English)
@davidmilton58875 жыл бұрын
You do know they're imitating the black moors that ruled Europe in the "dark ages". Moors were black.
@geordie1144 жыл бұрын
@@davidmilton5887 No the Moors DID NOT Rule Europe. The Muslim Moors Invaded and conquered part of Spain and when they tried to come further North were defeated by a Frankish Army and were eventually kicked back to their Desert shithole.
@davidmilton58874 жыл бұрын
@@geordie114 You're deluded by the lies taught in schools. The "Crusades" were racial wars, disguised as religious wars,all part of a Caucasian rise began in Austria and ending in the "UK" with the British Civil War. The Irish caucasians that helped the Negroes of Briton were shipped to Barbados.Known as "Redlegs" they still reside on Barbados,nearly 500 years later. The "black" Muslims didn't leave Spain until 1491. Alhambra fell in November of 1491,the "black" Jews of Spain were given 3 months to convert or leave. Christopher Columbus set sail in the.spring of 1492,with 3 "black" Jew translators,for the "New World" (which was known of), Columbus was arressted for taking 200 "black" Jews to Jamaica,which was given to him as a gift for his "discovery",in order to escape persecution in Spain. Christopher Columbus was "black".In parts of Asia they teach that Columbus was "black".
@geordie1144 жыл бұрын
@@davidmilton5887No I said "The Muslim Moors did not conquer( Europe ) you have it wrong, They Invaded the Iberian Peninsular in 711 AD and they did not leave they were forcibly removed by 1492 when Granada was retaken. Jews and Christians could only practice their religion by paying a tax so I do not care if the people of the time forced muslims to convert or leave. The Crusades came about to Retake Jerusalem from The expansion of the Muslim Seljuks Empire which had Invaded. I am deluded by thinking I can come on you tube to enjoy some of my countries morris dancing without meeting freaks spouting garbage.Enjoy whatever floats your boat,If you don`t like Morris dancing vote it down and go to something that you do enjoy. Go away.
@davidmilton58874 жыл бұрын
@@geordie114 Did you google: black coat of arms ? A couple of links(they're being removed from the intetnet): www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-republic-estonia-tallinn-old-town-pikkstrasse-black-head-house-122974628.html Moors: www.journeytothesource.info/moors.html
@7777Scion6 жыл бұрын
Excellent. And to think we almost lost this tradition - thank God for Child, Sharpe, Neal, et al.
@namafarm4 жыл бұрын
The Band is excellent as well! What a Troupe! Great vigor the look like flying wheeling Ravens
@KJensenStudio2 жыл бұрын
Perfect comparison!
@bellestarr64842 жыл бұрын
They are...
@sammg37997 жыл бұрын
Thank you for carrying on these fab tradition.
@ballball68324 жыл бұрын
Ancient English culture is really beautiful. Shame it's under threat, they need more young people
@shaunwild87974 жыл бұрын
It's under threat because stupid people are claiming it's racist.
@aidanwalsh25453 жыл бұрын
Except Beltane isn't English.
@radec15663 жыл бұрын
@@aidanwalsh2545 Gaelic cultures in Britain have been heavily influenced by English culture with English settlers moving to all corners of the isles spreading their traditions for example in Wales the of majority native Welsh people have an English ancestor because of how interlinked Englishism is with the Isles.
@aidanwalsh25453 жыл бұрын
@@radec1566 you attempt to lecture a Gael on Gaelic culture. Latha buidhe Bealltainn, ain't English.
@radec15663 жыл бұрын
@@aidanwalsh2545 You deny English influence, is this some form of Anglophobia?
@thebespokebroach45154 жыл бұрын
Lively dancing - made me feel like joining in! My latest 2020 isolation obsession, Morris dance.
@TempleofBrendaSong Жыл бұрын
Blessed Beltane 2023
@TheGreenmangrove Жыл бұрын
brilliant artistry ,brilliant choreography, and videography
@fryni122 ай бұрын
I will be with you next year!! Love and greetings from Greece!!😍❤❣
@oceanwanderer80653 жыл бұрын
Great dancing and hypnotic rhythm.--a visual feast. Bravo to all.
@thatursula8 жыл бұрын
It's been speculated that the blackface could have been a form of disguise, since it's rowdy and pagan, plus it involved begging rather like Halloween, and would probably have been frowned upon. I'd never seen border morris until yesterday. This stirs the blood, as Beltane should. I'm in love! I would dearly love to know how you make your costumes.
@asphodeline7 жыл бұрын
Google rag coats or tatter coats for details on how to make them.
@thatursula7 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@hitewakeasllielimsolls84437 жыл бұрын
Essentially, blackened facial features were used because Morris was outlawed in Post Industrial Britain and therefore they weren't recognisable by the authorities, giving them time to run away when they knew the law spotted them from a distance.
@finnz74956 жыл бұрын
I read it's to pay homage to the Moors
@SharkanKuthoshqea6 жыл бұрын
Actually Finnz 7 is right. Morris dance was originally an imitation of North African and Middle Eastern stick dances. Even the name "Morris" comes from the word "Moorish". That being said it's quite possible that people fused it with local folk dances which could very well have pagan roots. While the facial makeup is undeniably blackface it didn't stem from the same racist tradition as later performances which were explicitly meant to mock people of colour
@KistoDreams5 жыл бұрын
I've become so obsessed with Border Morris
@YamiPoyo Жыл бұрын
If modern country music were this good id listen to it
@BratFyre10 жыл бұрын
Love the Mandalorian emblem.
@jblasutavario95494 жыл бұрын
This is The Way
@susankaer7981 Жыл бұрын
Not danced for a long time, this is brilliant!
@TempleofBrendaSong3 жыл бұрын
Happy Beltane 2021
@KJensenStudio2 жыл бұрын
Morris as it should be; wild and fierce! Saw part of an interview recently with a young brown-skinned woman complaining about the blackface Morris dancing she happened to see, and how it made her feel uncomfortable like everyone was looking at her dumb brown skin. She was trying to get the blackface Morris dancing banned, and didn't have a clue or want one as to why they would even be doing this with blackface. Silly woman. Nothing 'safe' about this performance, I loved it!
@unitetheright9554 Жыл бұрын
I’m blackfacing to go the asda now
@josephwhite96282 ай бұрын
Always love watching this
@johnwilson18323 жыл бұрын
Glad to see that you are still blacking-up. We have just decided to use a dark green much to my disgust.
@gallantisimo7713 жыл бұрын
not doing yourself any favours by referring to it as 'blacking-up' there, chief
@ibidydo3 жыл бұрын
Saw a post on Facebook that the “blacking” was known as night face
@ibidydo3 жыл бұрын
@@gallantisimo771 this was related to poachers who would black their face so as not to be seen by game keepers or land owners
@scythianking73152 жыл бұрын
@@gallantisimo771 You brainwashed freaks realize that Black exists as a color, outside of SKIN color right?
@Bella-fz9fy Жыл бұрын
It’s long been a way of disguising yourself,since pagan times and black can easily come from soot.
@keldaogg2157 Жыл бұрын
I love Dance the Dark Morris by Steeleye Span and Terry Pratchett.
@catherineplunkett72418 ай бұрын
Lol, someone who can reference Steeleye Span and Terry Prachett w Morris dancing in one comment
@keldaogg21578 ай бұрын
@@catherineplunkett7241 Steeleye Span and Terry Pratchett did a wonderful album called Wintersmith.
@gregorymcguire62178 жыл бұрын
Beautiful.
@barryeasthope98272 жыл бұрын
Excellent enthusiastic and really talented 👏 👌 👍 🙌
@1099Deusvult5 жыл бұрын
This is amazing, you all make me proud
@dM-ij1we10 ай бұрын
Morris dancing with bangy sticks. Love it!
@Muttonchop_USA3 жыл бұрын
Historians have discovered that blackening one's face was used to distinguish a dancer from Queen Elizabeth I who was the only individual allowed to dance in whiteface.
@thee-edd4 жыл бұрын
happy beltane 2020
@jsa-z17226 ай бұрын
Love these guys! Love the music the costumes the dance the tradition!
@saltwaterballads5 жыл бұрын
I like the Mandalorian warrior. Long may he defend his cultural heritage.
@jblasutavario95494 жыл бұрын
This is the way
@Chezasflower137 жыл бұрын
Wow they're really good.
@floatingpeaks45843 жыл бұрын
Black people are such rhythmic dancers, really beautiful.
@iamtenzin44098 жыл бұрын
Happy Beltane 2016!
@bgw332 ай бұрын
My favorite belt on video
@Tiz6044 жыл бұрын
Fantastic !
@simon-pv5gb Жыл бұрын
Love love this
@2001cavador3 жыл бұрын
iT REMINDS ME OF A PIRATES DANCE FROM THE 16TH CENTURY
@rumeunner32452 жыл бұрын
I like how they run off at the end.
@White_Oak_2 жыл бұрын
I heard that in some areas they are banning these traditions because some people are offended by the black face paint or some such nonsense. Please, don't allow a few idiots to destroy your precious culture.
@scythianking73152 жыл бұрын
Its too late, all these groups have caved in and have changed their colors. And as you can see from the comments on every single Morris Dancing video, it is FULL of Anti-White creeps trying to destroy and subvert our culture. They're even trying to say this is a "African" dance that they are "immitating" LOL. Even though stick dances like this one, are one of the oldest types of folks dances all throughout Europe..... and found almost EXCLUSIVELY in Europe.
@hocvinces92517 жыл бұрын
Love it.
@ann-marieparry52964 жыл бұрын
I seen them at a caravan park when I was younger
@inregionecaecorum3 жыл бұрын
The disparaging of people of colour is something that is relatively recent in our history and is of more recent date than the origins of Morris dancing. All over the world in different cultures there are people who paint themselves or cover themselves in ash to dance, so why would it be so wrong in England?
@53Suzanna6 жыл бұрын
wonderful !
@chickencat15597 жыл бұрын
I was wondering that. the dancing itself was fun, good honest entertainment Iike
@tamarapolyakova4224 Жыл бұрын
Ну очень подвижный танец! Класс!!!🎉
@spesinfracta7 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@JFGryphonNYC3 жыл бұрын
Certainly lively !
@blindpink3 жыл бұрын
Love a bit of Morris dancing....Quality.
@TopSecretName7 жыл бұрын
That looks very cool!
@thebardisashieldmaiden17546 жыл бұрын
Morris means tradition in Latin. So to all those claiming this is a Middle Eastern or North African, it's not.
@Ethelberht6 жыл бұрын
Not when I studied Latin! Morris isn't a Latin word. Traditum means traditional. The truth is.....nobody knows the origin. About the origin, there is an old saying "Ask six different Morris men you will probably get five different answers. The sixth man will say nothing as he is the fool and the wisest of men".
@thedebunker17776 жыл бұрын
its of African origin "Morris dance] Afric (Africa) or Moorish dance. a la moresca, It (italian) Fr. (french) moresque: hence corruptly Morris dance. this kind was much used by our ancestors" Two Ancient Scottish Poems, the Gaberlunzie-Man, and Christ's Kirk on the Green By John Callander books.google.com/books?id=B9hLAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA121&dq=morris+dance+moorish&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjy_rfJ17DcAhUD3IMKHZmdCCEQ6AEITDAG#v=onepage&q=morris%20dance%20moorish&f=false
@suelane36286 жыл бұрын
I haven't got the link but there is definitely similar dances in Spain and the Basque country.. I saw another sequence on a film of a festival in the south of Spain. The 6 dancers in Cotwold like costumes were lined up either side of what looked like a canal. Very Monty Python.
@dragonclaw88Ай бұрын
AWESOME!!
@thebardisashieldmaiden17546 жыл бұрын
I love this.
@soslothful4 жыл бұрын
I doubt I expend this much energy in year.
@smegmalyzer7 жыл бұрын
good fun, screw the comments below
@buidseach6 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, I love it :)
@user-nx8ii4ef7f6 ай бұрын
Awesome!
@emiliodibenedetto46547 жыл бұрын
That was cool. : ) Thanks for sharing it!
@waiotahi524 жыл бұрын
Now if England did this in reply to the All Black Haka......be a bloodbath
@TheAmerind10 жыл бұрын
Music is cool too, I don't see it or hear it that well on my phone, but is that a hurdygurdy or a violin playing
@CearaQC10 жыл бұрын
Check out Loreena McKennitt - this tune can be found on one of her albums. The name is also Huron ''Beltane'' Fire Dance and there is an awesome live performance video here on the tube.
@tntmami44137 жыл бұрын
DarthAmerind not a Hurdy Gurdy and they are playing a violin and guitar....Hurdy Gurdy has a handle on the bottom.if you look at the end of the video the guy is playing the strings on guitar.but that is a pretty awesome instrument!!
@TheAmerind7 жыл бұрын
Tnt Mami good observation, thanks
@KiwiSpartan015 жыл бұрын
Why have I never heard about this
@Saisons12346 жыл бұрын
This was so much fun to watch ^_^
@carlomariabezzi8460 Жыл бұрын
Wwwoooooowww, it's amazing!!! ❤❤❤
@tudgemyster10 жыл бұрын
There is a village near Burnley called Beltane.
@jillyb7106 жыл бұрын
tudgemyster - Don't think so!
@LeutherGreengager-ip1uw3 ай бұрын
Σαν τα εκ των Βαλκανίων! 🏴❤️🇬🇷
@amandacooper79756 жыл бұрын
great
@eileennoel56722 жыл бұрын
Beltane Border Morris is a great side.
@tntmami44137 жыл бұрын
I like the song way more it's catchy... props on there sync chirography.
@newtechomes92726 жыл бұрын
This is just great, love it 😊
@Thelmageddon2 жыл бұрын
Amazeballs 🖤
@forbesmag12714 жыл бұрын
More of this will be one of the highlights of the post apocalyptic world.
@watch-Dominion-20185 ай бұрын
truly epic
@archie6106 Жыл бұрын
wow im loving this. can anyone tell me what the tune is? Thanks :))
@southendsites3 ай бұрын
Great way to keep fit...
@dasisleudagar4145 Жыл бұрын
MOST excellent ! #GNU Terry Pratchett
@user-PoliceMisconduct2 жыл бұрын
What is the name of this tune? I can play it but have no idea what it is called.
@03Blackbeard9 жыл бұрын
Better than shitty pop music any day.
@crazygoon36467 жыл бұрын
keep it up!
@Sundayletsplay3 жыл бұрын
Amazing dance but is that a mandalorian mythasaur t shirt I see?
@mercedeswalt66218 жыл бұрын
That looks like so much fun! What do the sticks striking each other symbolize?
@corpse6667 жыл бұрын
at first it didn't mean anything, it was just a way to make musical tunes, since music instruments were expensive and who wasn't able to find some stick along the path. Later it also became a defence weapon against law men and others trying to interrupt them. That's at least the part I know, hope it helped ye
@Tiamat9516 жыл бұрын
The banging was to chase away unwanted winter spirits. Same with the shouting.
@Foxglove9635 жыл бұрын
Tiamat951. Exactly. There exist historical references to the noise made by pagans to chase away bad spirits. The church used its church bells.
@elwolf8536 Жыл бұрын
Usually the noise scared evil spirits away
@Wotsitorlabart Жыл бұрын
@@Foxglove963 But none of this is pagan - the sticks are there just to make a noise.
@rozniyusof28593 жыл бұрын
Nice. Probably looks better in firelight
@1948DESMOND8 жыл бұрын
i tend dto call this ENGLISH CEILI !! but is there such a thing as welsh ceili, or cornish, or manx? i nknow they have irish and scottish ceili bands and dance.
@huntmaster16088 жыл бұрын
In Wales we call a ceilidh a twmpath, but it's the same sort of thing.
@jacquikillick31627 жыл бұрын
a Ceilidh tends to refer to the whole event being held, at which musicians and dancers would perform, and much drinking ... wonderful events, wherever they are held.
@MSYNGWIE123 жыл бұрын
This is how we should handle road rage!
@sacredbloomalchemy8 ай бұрын
Where do i learn this lol
@BlackLotusStygian6 жыл бұрын
Mandalorian
@megusta23679 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know the name of the tune? :-)
@dstar08758 жыл бұрын
Hi it's from Loreena mckennett' beltane Fire Dance Track
@CearaQC8 жыл бұрын
+Douglas Latham Loreena McKennitt is a Canadian :D
@lightunderabushel17492 жыл бұрын
Hi. Great dance.. anybody know the name of the tune please?
@harisyannoukos337 жыл бұрын
check "bellroads thessaloniki"too
@sarahlouise71632 жыл бұрын
brilliant
@user-PoliceMisconduct2 жыл бұрын
I meant are there other names for the tune "Beltrane Fire Dance".