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Meanings of maypole dancing in English

Russian
троицкая берёза
Portuguese
festa do mastro
Spanish
palo de mayo
Catalan
maypole
Wikidata

Tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals.

        троицкая берёза
        Wikidata

        Type of ribbon dance.

              Synonyms
              Examples for "may pole"
              Examples for "may pole"
              1
              And I may pole up little higher.
              Bella Donna: A Novel
              2
              They erected a May pole and were going to dance around it.
              A Little Girl in Old Boston
              3
              In the afternoon, a May pole is erected in the centre of the village.
              The Girl's Cabinet of Instructive and Moral Stories
              4
              The colors on the May pole matched the colored caps that the children wore.
              Entertaining Made Easy
              5
              In the picture you see the May pole-theQueen, the crowner, and her two maids of honor.
              The Girl's Cabinet of Instructive and Moral Stories
              Usage of maypole dancing in English
              1
              It doesn't look quite so heinous to us, this Maypole dancing, as it did to the outraged Puritans.
              The Old Coast Road / From Boston to Plymouth
              2
              "He's the one who organized stuff like the Maypole dancing and that naming ceremony."
              The Dreaming Place