STANE STREET MORRIS
Forum Open Area @ 11.45pm

Stane Street Morris perform a Mummers Play based on the Brandon Guizers' play. Mummers Plays have a strong history and presence in Sussex even in the present day. The word is most likely to come from the Greek word "Mommo", meaning a mask, the wearing of which became popular at royal functions in the fourteenth century and the practice of such being termed as "Momerie". The Mummers Plays of today started later on, perhaps as a form of cadging where people, dressed in appropriate attire, would tour the local area performing a play sometimes in houses of the more wealthy folk and often in the local manor, in order to collect money or food. Stane Street are a fully mixed Morris side dancing in the North West tradition, named after the famous Roman road which runs through their part of West Sussex. Their dances evolved through being brought into towns from the countryside. The workers wore wooden shoes (clogs) and danced in the streets, resulting in processional styles of dances where the clatter of the clogs accompanied the music.

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