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For Folk's Sake: Morris Dancing and Me: How women may be the unlikely saviours of the ancient tradition. For Folk's Sake: Morris Dancing and Me airs on BBC Four HD at 11:15 PM, Sunday 31 March. How women may be the unlikely saviours of the ancient tradition

From all-female sides to youth teams and an appearance at the Brit awards, photographer Rachel Adams has been chronicling England’s oldest surviving rural tradition, and seeing how it has found a place in 21st-century Britain

Stevenage Sword Dancers are hanging up their blades after 50 years and more than 3,000 performances - but not before one final outing.

Women were once excluded from the official folk dance groups – but now the barriers are down. Will this mean the end of traditional morris performances?

Bacup-based Britannia Coconut Dancers performed their unique style of Morris dancing for punters at The Crown Inn pub.

May Day and its attendant Bank Holiday is here again, offering the annual opportunity to take place in celebrations that have been held in Britain for centuries

The folk troupe will be dancing for around five hours around Bacup and will also be attending local businesses on the way.