Dancing Jokers

Those joker playing cards are jesters dancing. They are holding their jester stick or bauble as it's known. The jester stick has a head on it usually a miniature of the jester's own head. Jesters would converse with their little character much like ventriloquists did with their dummies.

I'm not sure why this site keeps turning my jokers on their side. To see lots of dancing jester jokers, go to:
https://www.amusedbyjokersami.com/2018/07/jesters-dancing.html