Bacup Coconutters

E119069

The Bacup Coconutters are a traditional English folk dance troupe from Bacup, Lancashire, famed for their distinctive blackened faces, wooden clogs, and annual Easter Saturday procession.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English folk dance group
folk dance troupe
associatedWith Bacup community
Rossendale Valley
basedIn Bacup
country England
culturalOrigin English folk tradition
Lancashire folk tradition
genre English folk dance
hasAudience local spectators
tourists
hasPart dancers
musicians
hasPerformanceSetting streets of Bacup
hasReputation distinctive and idiosyncratic folk tradition
one of the best-known English folk dance teams
hasStyle North West clog dance
heritageStatus local cultural tradition
language English
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Lancashire
movementPattern processional route through Bacup
notableFor annual Easter Saturday procession
blackened faces
wooden clogs
performIn Bacup Easter Saturday procession
performingArtForm folk dance
performOn Easter Saturday
performs processional dances
set dances
performsTo traditional tunes
recursAnnually true
seasonalEvent Easter
significantEvent Easter Saturday tour of the town
significantPlace Bacup
surface form: Bacup town centre
tradition coconut dance
typicalAttire blackened faces
distinctive costumes
wooden clogs
uses concertina
drum
melodeon
usesBodyDecoration face blackening
usesInstrument clogs
usesObject coconut shells

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