Morris dance                                                                          Morris dance is a form of English folk dance usually accompanied by music. It is basedon rhythmic stepping and the execution choreographed figures by a group of dancers usually wearing bell pads on then shins. Implements such as sticks, swords and handkerchiefs may also be wielded by the dancers. In a smal number of dances for one or two men, steps are performed near and across a pair of clay tabacco pipes laid one across the other on the floor.The earliest known and surviving English written mention of Morris dance is dated to 1448, and records the payment of seven shillings to Morris dancers by the Goldsmiths' company in London. Further mentions of morris dancing occur in the late 15th century, and there are also early records such as visiting bishops' " Visitation Articles" mention sword dancing, guising and other dancing activites, as well as mumming plays.