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Children doing maypole dancing in the Canungra Showgrounds

from State Library of Queensland

  • mawarre said:
    Found this information about maypoles in Encyclopedia Britannica online edition. Ceremonial folk dance performed around a tall pole garlanded with greenery or flowers and often hung with ribbons that are woven into complex patterns by the dancers. Such dances are survivals of ancient dances around a living tree as part of spring rites to ensure fertility. Typically performed on May Day (May 1), they also occur at midsummer in Scandinavia and at other festivals elsewhere. They are widely distributed through Europe—e.g., “Sellenger's Round” in England, the baile del cordón of Spain—and also are found in India. Similar ribbon dances were performed in pre-Columbian Latin America and were later integrated into ritual dances of Hispanic origin. Maypoles may also appear in other ritual dances, as in the Basque ezpata dantza, or sword dance. "Maypole dance." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2009. Encyclopædia Britannica Online Library Edition. Accessed 20 Mar. 2009
  • Renira1 said:
    this is fabulous. my mother was 11 in 1934 and may well have been in this.
  • State Library of Queensland said:
    Renira1 That is a marvellous find for you. We don't have any information about who the chldren are. Many of our pictures from that time period only have limited information.

May Pole - Central Park (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • usethewind said:
    I would say it is a portray of regimentation. The looks on the girls faces are not happy. The May Pole is supposed to be an unbridled celebration, but they are in full uniform, and it somehow shows the contrast of what girls were allowed to do .. a MayPole, in uniform no less.
  • quizzical swim said:
    Back in those days people did not smile for photos, they were serious, formal photos and often took exposure time due to the film. Personally I prefer the old photos, can't stand modern photos with the faked smile for the camera. Man, what an UGLY bunch of girls this crowd was, geez, just look at some of those faces, holy cow, some of them could sink a ship! More sobering, just imagine- every person in this photo is deceased- they all grew up, lived a life and are gone, only this brief snapshot in time is what we see of these nameless girls.

[Skansen, Stockholm, Sweden] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress