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ORIGIN OF THE CAKE=WAIK..The “ Winnipeg Telegram ” gives the following history of the now celebrated cake-walk:— ,It is interesting to trace the origin of the various popular fancy step dances which have acquired so much popularity in this country, and particularly of the cake-walk—a dance that is so intimately associated with the American negro, and which is credited to him as an original creation. As a matter of fact, the cake-walk finds its origin in one of the most dignified and graceful of the dances— tin? French minuet. When tho Huguenots found thoir country was nolonger tenable after the massacre ofSt.Bartholomew’s day, many of them canto to America, and a largo number cf thorn settled in South Carolina, and, accepting the customs of the country, became owners pf a great number of slaves; Most of these refugees were of noble birth, and brought with them to tho new world all their mannerisms and customs, and among these was tho stately and graceful dance of the minuet. At the wedding festivals this was always danced, nrnl the couple which led the dance had the privilegej-i
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Wellington Dominion
Wellington, North Island, NZ
Sat, Sep 28, 1907
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