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The following is a list with the most notable dances. Names of many Greek dances may be found spelt either ending with -o or with -os. This is due to the fact that the word for "dance" in Greek is a masculine noun, while the dance itself can also be referred to by a neuter adjective used substantively. Thus one may find both "hasapiko" ("the ...
Traditional Valencian dances. A folk dance is a dance that reflects the life of the people of a certain country or region. Not all ethnic dances are folk dances. For example, ritual dances or dances of ritual origin are not considered to be folk dances. Ritual dances are usually called "religious dances" because of their purpose.
Pajdushko horo; [1] is a folk dance from Bulgaria [2] and North Macedonia. It features a 5-beat meter divided into "quick" (2-beat) and "slow" (3-beat) units, abbreviated quick-slow or 2+3.time 5 8 ⓘ. Like many other Balkan folk dances, each region or village has its own version of the dance. It is traditionally a men's dance, but in modern ...
Pages in category "Dances by ethnicity or region" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin ...
This is a list of dance categories, different types, styles, or genres of dance. For older and more region-oriented vernacular dance styles, see List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin .
[5] [6] [7] It is mainly performed during harvest season. [8] The musical instruments used are Mandar, Dhol, Nagara, Bansuri. [5] This dance style consists of performers standing in a row holding hands, singings couplets, swaying their bodies, clapping their hands and occasionally adding timed jumps. [9] Jhumair dance by Tea-tribes of Assam
Jhumair is a common folk dance of Sadan. Paiki is Nagpuri martial folk dance. Chhau is another folk dance prevalent in the Kurmali-speaking region. Akhara is a village ground where people dance. [25] Chhau Dancers in Jharkhand village
Raudkats was the first to publish a collection of Estonian dance descriptions. [2] In general, there were no books available at that time on folk dances, games, or traditional activities. Her first book, Mängud I (Games I) published in 1924, was followed in 1926 by Eesti rahvatantsud (Estonian Folk Dances), which described 26 traditional folk ...