Blacked-up Morris dancers insist blackface is ‘Lancashire tradition’

Blacked-up Morris dancers insist blackface is ‘Lancashire tradition’

The Morris dancers say blacking up their faces harks back to when miners would dance as they emerged from the pits with their faces blackened by coal dust (Picture: Lancashire Telegraph/SWNS)
A troupe of Morris dancers who refuse to stop blacking up their faces have performed for the first time since being kicked out of the national body.
The Coconut Dancers, who are known as the Nutters, insist…

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