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Traditional rapper sword dancing in Cardiff from Taff Rapper

by Edwin Rapper | Nov 28, 2013 | Art Articles, Arts News, Arts News - Wales, Cardiff, Celtic Culture, County by County, Folk Music and Dance

The rapper sword dance is a fast traditional English dance whose origins lie in the mining and pit villages of the Durham and Northumberland coalfields and involves five people connected by short, two-handled, flexible sprung steel swords called rappers. The dancers...

Traditional rapper sword dancing in Cardiff from Taff Rapper

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