Morris dance

English performance folk dance
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Summary

Morris dance is a type of dance[1]. It ranks in the top 0.27% of type_of_dance entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,526 views/month, #2 of 748).[2]

Key Facts

  • Morris dance's instance of is recorded as type of dance[3].
  • Morris dance is a type of folk dance[4].
  • Morris dance is a type of English dance[5].
  • Morris dance is a type of social dance[6].
  • Morris dance's Commons category is recorded as Morris dance[7].
  • Morris dance's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Morris dance[8].
  • Morris dance's facet of is recorded as Blackface and Morris dancing[9].
  • Morris dance's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10].
  • Morris dance's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • Morris dance's different from is recorded as Q140185391[12].

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Definition and Type

Morris dance's instance of is recorded as type of dance[3]. Recorded subclass of include folk dance[4], English dance[5], and social dance[6].

Why It Matters

Morris dance ranks in the top 0.27% of type_of_dance entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,526 views/month, #2 of 748).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 24
    Different from → Q140185391
    Harper's tag → morris-dance
    Ifla value vocabularies id → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: morris-dance, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289943813|morris dance (#289943813)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  2. 17w ago · Solidest · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Facet of → Blackface and Morris dancing
    Topic's main category → Category:Morris dance
    Subclass of → folk dance, English dance, social dance
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: musical form, Moving to Q140185391"
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