Banned Morris Dancers refuse to stop blacking up their faces as they dance again

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Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A highly controversial group of Morris dancers who were kicked out of the national body for refusing to stop blacking up their faces have danced again for the first time since they were banned.The Britannia Coconut Dancers in Bacup, Lancashire, claim that blacking up is part of a tradition that dates back more than 100 years.But The Joint Morris Organisation, which represents the country's 800 Morris dancing groups, banned the group last year.They initially said that "full-face black or other skin tone make-up is a practice that has the potential to cause deep hurt" and asked all of The Coconut Dancers to stop.However, the group ruled to carry on blacking their faces and claimed "it has.