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Teams of dancers are usually called sides.
Kit includes bells attached to pads of leather worn just below the knee, brightly coloured ribbons or rosettes, decorated hats and often baldrics - two crossed sashes worn across the chest.
There is often a fool who jests with the audience and dances in and out of the set, traditionally whacking dancers with a pig’s bladder. Nowadays a balloon is more common.
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