As part of VI History Month, St. Croix Educational Complex Social Studies class on Thursday did the maypole dance with a cultural twist. The dance was instructed by Valrica Bryson, director of Cultural Education at D.O.E. | The Virgin Islands Consortium

🇧🇧 Have you ever seen the Maypole Dance? 💡 The Barbados Landship gave spectators at the Crop Over Launch and Ceremonial Delivery of the Last Canes a spectacle as they performed the ceremonial folk dance which involves ribbons woven into complex patterns around a tall pole through dance. ⁣ #ComeOverFuhCropOver #CropOver2019 #MoreThanACarnival #SweetFuhDays #BarbadosCropOverHUB #FuhDeCulture #CropOverCorrect #RoadToGrandKadoomentDay | The Barbados Crop Over HUB

A Spring tradition, the history of the Maypole, on the first of May, spans centuries and continents, with its origins as varied as the costumes. | CBS Sunday Morning

The European folk tradition of dancing around the maypole on the first of May is highlighted in George Sand’s story, 'Fanchon the Cricket'—available now to stream on Apple & Amazon https://linktr.ee/marypickfordfoundation #ModernizingTheSilents score by Julian Ducatenzeiler of Mystic Braves (lolipop records) & Andy Gladbach. | Mary Pickford