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An ethnonym is the name applied to a given ethnic group. Ethnonyms can be divided into two categories: exonyms (where the name of the ethnic group has been created by another group of people) and autonyms or endonyms (self-designation; where the name is created and used by the ethnic group itself).
Jewish dance was influenced by local non-Jewish dance traditions, but there were clear differences, mainly in hand and arm motions, with more intricate legwork by the younger men. [3] Jewish religious law frowned on mixed dancing, dictating separate circles for men and women.
It was a masekhet, or dance drama, rather than a folk dance. Sturman would create several other masekhet dances, including one called Gideon. [1] In 1965, she released the album Dance with Rivka through Tikva Records. [12] In later decades, Sturman traveled abroad to countries such as the United States to teach workships on Israeli folk dance. [13]
A traditional oro playing in North Macedonia. Hora, also known as horo and oro, is a type of circle dance traditionally performed in Southeast Europe.Circle dances with similar names are found in Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, North Macedonia, Greece and culturally adopted by ethnic minorities such as the Ashkenazi Jews [1] (Yiddish: האָרע hore), Sephardic Jews (Ladino: הורו horo) and ...
The movements themselves are varied, in many cases drawing on older Jewish and non-Jewish folk dance traditions. Major folk influences include the Hora (a dance form common to many Eastern and Southeastern European cultures), the Tza’ad Temani , Atari, Da’asa, the dance tradition of the Chasidim (adherents of the Eastern European Jewish ...
The Hebrew name is a Jewish practice rooted in the practices of early Jewish communities and Judaism. [4] This Hebrew name is used for religious purposes, such as when the child is called to read the Torah at their b'nei mitzvah.
Israeli folk dance also includes Dabke which is a Middle Eastern dance of the Levant region (Israel, Lebanon, Syria) and is a common dance done by mainly the Arab population of Israel however is a most popular dance among Israeli youth. In Hebrew Dabke is known as דבקה "Dabka" which comes from the Arabic term meaning "stomping of feet". The ...
Rachel Green, one of the main characters in the TV sitcom Friends; Red Green (character), The Red Green Show; Vernita Green, from the movie Kill Bill; Wes Green, from Ben 10 (2005 TV series) The English localized name of A'ke in John Minford's translation of Jin Yong's novel The Deer and the Cauldron; Reverend/Mr. Green, one of six original ...