{"id":73,"date":"2023-05-11T17:34:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T17:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maypoleroundtheworld.uk\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2023-05-12T14:14:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T14:14:36","slug":"virgin-islands","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maypoleroundtheworld.uk\/index.php\/caribbean-2\/virgin-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/564x\/76\/e5\/7f\/76e57fe035abcafb1351f517a0a6113d.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Performance date: Dec 16 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> From <a href=\"https:\/\/stthomassource.com\/content\/2019\/12\/16\/stx-students-explore-their-heritage-at-culture-pop-up-dances-of-the-v-i\/\">https:\/\/stthomassource.com\/content\/2019\/12\/16\/stx-students-explore-their-heritage-at-culture-pop-up-dances-of-the-v-i\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Maypole is British in origin and was always practiced on May Day, the 1st of May. The Druids saw it as the beginning of a new year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn parts of north Florida and Georgia, the Maypole dance was a tradition in observing Emancipation Day activities on May 20, a few weeks after May Day,\u201d Florida State University professor Jerrilyn McGregory wrote in her book, \u201cDownhome Gospel.\u201d \u201cMaypole plaiting is an ancient rite of spring as well as a political pirouette for independence and freedom movements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bryson instructed the students in plaiting the different colored ribbons around the maypole. Partners face each other and move in a circle, as one person moves in a clockwise motion and the other in a counter-clockwise motion \u2013 following an over and under movement with the ribbons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a colorful activity that required close attention to direction, which proved to be a fun exercise for all. Several different groups plaited the maypole. As each group completed a round, the ribbons were taken out and a new group began the interweaving movements again.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Emancipation Day<\/strong> &#8211; note the reference to Emancipation Day activities on May 20.  There will be other entries Maypole Round the World relating to this tradition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Performance date: Dec 16 2019 From https:\/\/stthomassource.com\/content\/2019\/12\/16\/stx-students-explore-their-heritage-at-culture-pop-up-dances-of-the-v-i\/ &#8220;The Maypole is British in origin and was always practiced on May Day, the 1st of May. 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