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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 "maypole dance"
              Examples for "maypole dance"
              1
              MUSIC: Any quaint old-time maypole dance will do for the maypole rout.
              Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People
              2
              A merry stave, a cup of cherry wine, or a maypole dance?
              Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People
              3
              The Maypole dances had been banished, games and laughter were frowned upon.
              English Literature for Boys and Girls
              4
              They had a rehearsal of the Maypole dance and crowning the next day.
              More William
              5
              Edith was one of the child singers in the Maypole dance, and her mother was a nun.
              The new yorker
              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