Hunters Moon Morris (People)Saturday December 14th (2013)
The origin of the 'Border' style 'tatter' costumes and the blacked-upfaces of the dancers is obscure. Attempts
have been made to explain the traditional black faces by equating Morris with 'Moorish' (African) dances from
the middle ages, but current thinking holds that it was more likely to have been a form of disguise, as the
activities of morris dancers and mummers were generally frowned upon by the rural clergy and squirearchy Send a comment
