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26th Nov, 2005 at 11:12 AM

Something I just found on MDDL:

Dance books have a catagory for "Ethnic Dance - English". I've never heard anyone describe Morris Dancing as Ethnic before, but I suppose it is.

And it's also another excuse for a poll (yey, poll!)...

Poll #620324 Morris Dancing Ethnic

Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 26

Is Morris Dancing Ethnic?

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Yes

25(96.2%)

0(0.0%)

Only when... (leave comment for reason)

0(0.0%)

Don't know

1(3.8%)

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cartesiandaemon

26th Nov, 2005 12:31 (UTC)

Technically. We don't normally think of it like that because it's not exotic to us, but yes.

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randomchris

26th Nov, 2005 18:44 (UTC)

It's mostly done in England, as far as I'm aware, and originated there. It's been done for several hundred years. Those are the only qualifications that any other "ethnic" thing or activity possesses in a non-English country. Highland dancing is certainly ethnic, for example, and it's not entirely dissimilar. So yes, Morris is ethnic.

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king_pellinor

28th Nov, 2005 12:58 (UTC)

Not if you're doing morris dancing - there's a specific provision that says it's not "regulated entertainment".

It doesn't specify whether it's "entertainment but unregulated" or "unentertaining therefore unregulated", though.

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