No dancing, we're Welsh

ABERYSTWYTH - Morris dancing has stirred patriotic passions at a Welsh seaside resort where the white clad men waving sticks, …

ABERYSTWYTH - Morris dancing has stirred patriotic passions at a Welsh seaside resort where the white clad men waving sticks, pigs' bladders and coloured ribbons have been barred because they are considered "too English". Members of Aberystwyth council wanted something more traditionally Welsh to attract summer visitors.

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