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Maypole dancing is a traditional form of Folk Dance from Western Europe , especially England , Sweden and Germany . Dancers dance in a circle each holding a coloured ribbon attached to a central pole, known as the Maypole . By the movements of the dancers the ribbons are intertwined and plaited either on to the pole itself or into a web around the pole. The dancers may then retrace their steps exactly in order to unravel the ribbons. Maypole dancing is extremely ancient and is thought to have Germanic Pagan fertility symbolism. It is traditionally performed in the spring around the festival of May Day , but in Sweden it is during the Midsummer festivities. It was revived in the early twentieth century in a more genteel form. EXTERNAL LINKS
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