Maypole Dancing

Published: 26 April 2023

Maypole dancing will be taking place on Saturday 29th April at Church End Green.

Previous years have seen people come together from around the village with children from the local schools taking part.

What is Maypole dancing?

• Traditionally performed on May Day in England, maypole dances have taken place for hundreds of years
• Originally dancers would go around a living tree as part of spring rites to ensure fertility
• Nowadays, they are performed around a tall pole garlanded with greenery or flowers and often hung with ribbons
• Similar dances take place in Spain, Scandinavia and across other areas of Europe, and are also found in India