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Thread #154428   Message #3623482
Posted By: GUEST,Eliza
01-May-14 - 05:33 PM
Thread Name: BS: Happy May 1st!
Subject: RE: BS: Happy May 1st!
At the Royal Norfolk Show some years ago, there was a lovely maypole dancing event by some schoolchildren. There was also a display by a group of Masai warriors. The Masai were fascinated by the maypole, and were soon invited to join in. They took the ribbons in between the children, skipped around and howled with laughter at this bizarre English custom. Masai in traditional red robes and children in white dresses, dancing together on a sunny Norfolk day. I had tears in my eyes, it was absolutely magic.