maypole in English

noun
1
a pole painted and decorated with flowers, around which people traditionally dance on May Day, holding long ribbons that are attached to the top of the pole.
I'm a little too old and far too creaky to dance round the maypole but I did do a little jig by the oak tree.

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1. The girls danced lightly round about the maypole. Sentencedict.com

2. They even danced round the Maypole once a month, wearing masks, worshiping god knows what, Whites and Indians together all going for broke.

3. The celebration is derived from the British Maypole for May Day celebration, as adapted and transformed by the Afro-Nicaraguans on the Caribbean or Mosquito Coast.

4. There are various national and regional folk activities, participated in to this day, such as Morris dancing, Maypole dancing, Rapper sword in the North East, Long Sword dance in Yorkshire, Mummers Plays, bottle-kicking in Leicestershire, and cheese-rolling at Cooper's Hill.