Dances of Belgium

by Roger Pinon

After a beribboned cock has been presented to the Mayor of certain Walloon towns the hapless bird is decapitated and the people dance around it - a strange, ritual ceremony, its analogue known also in the Pyrenees and in Spain. This and many another ancient custom has been kept alive throughout southern and eastern Belgium by the people's great love of dancing - on the place, on platforms and in cafes. In Flanders, too, traditional dancing lives...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1914311159
• ISBN13: 9781914311154
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: David Leonard
• Length: 42 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"