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Old 31-07-05, 18:04
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wot a shame that is, ah well at least you can have fun and join in with the Bacup Coconutters (No, i'm not calling Bacup for those who don't know, they are like Morris Dancers but paint themselves black).
well said Neal, i love the coconutters and if anyone taps that in google will come up with their site, cant do with morris dancers but the coconutters are a brilliant bunch of lads (****heads though) do you know they are banned from parts of Burnley cause they black up? even though they have done it for years!
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Well someone told me about them and I thought they were taking the micky until I saw them one day over there. Yeah, I thought how can they be allowed to do that when the Minstrels were banned. Nothing to do with colour of skin though, it reflects the miners that worked hard and what not.

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The dances they perform are actually Folk Dances and the custom of blackened faces may reflect a pagan or medieval background which was done to disguise the dancers from being recognised by evil spirits afterwards, it may also reflect mining connections.
http://www.coconutters.co.uk/

Anyhow, going off topic
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Old 31-07-05, 18:27
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how come this is under a new topic when it was the burnley web meet thinggimmyjig?
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lol, i thought i'd better move it as we were going off topic ;-)

Have you seen them then?
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Old 31-07-05, 19:09
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yes seen them twice over here, very funny and they do a lot for charity too, wanted to have them on down the circ but like i said its not allowed
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so are they banned from even being allowed in a club, where only a select few can see them? It's pathetic!
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I have seen them a few times, but I generally find that people in Burnley have bnever heard of them & act weird when being told about them?

There used to be a young lass that dressed like them when I was younger, but she has grown up now :)
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i saw them once ,,they were great... i love watching morris dancers
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