This is the May Pole, one of Jamaica’s traditional folk dance. Maryland All Age school dancers from Hanover, demonstrate the intricate weaving patterns of ribbons as dancers move in different formations around the pole. By the end of the dance they reverse their movements to undo the plaits. --------------------------------------------------------- #Advocacy is what we do for all things #DANCE connected to #JAMAICA & #JAMAICANS 🇯🇲 -------------------------------------------------------- #Danci

For Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, the gospel of Jesus Christ is like a maypole — a long pole with colorful ribbon used in folk festivals. Dancers braid the maypole by winding the ribbon around the pole. “Did you ever braid a maypole when you were a little kid?” questioned Elder Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. “ We always braided the maypole every May 1. And if the maypole is the gospel, then everything else weaves around and becomes part of that configuration. But if the maypole is som

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