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Many Bulgarian dances are line dances, with the dancers holding hands in a straight or curved line, facing in toward the center of the dance space.Originally men and women danced in separate lines, or in a gender-segregated line in which the last woman and first man held opposite ends of a handkerchief, to avoid gender contact but today men and women often dance in mixed lines.
Pravo is a line dance, with men and women dancers in one or more concentric curving lines, facing in toward the center, holding hands.One of two handholds is used, either simply holding hands down at the sides with right palm facing forward, left facing back, or the "belt hold" (na lesa), with each dancer holding the front of his two neighboring dancers' belt or sash, left arm over right. [2]
The Bulgar calendar was a solar calendar system used by the Bulgars, originally from Central Asia, who from the 4th century onwards dwelt in the Eurasian steppes north of the Caucasus and around the banks of river Volga. In 681, part of the Bulgars settled in the Balkan peninsula and established First Bulgarian Empire.
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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.
Moral Solanay is a dance performed by indigenous people of B’laan. This dance is performed by women who portray the spirit of a young lady named Solanay. Through this dance, they try to show grace, beauty, and diligence which Solanay represents. [11] Basal Banal Palawan Palawanon After a Pagdiwata ritual, the basal banal dance is usually ...
The Bulgarian and Greek villages perform a unique annual ritual cycle, which begins on May 21 and ends on May 23 every year. The central figures of the tradition are Saint Constantine and Saint Helen, but all the significant days in this cycle coincide with important days in the Greek Orthodox calendar and are related to various Christian saints.
The dance is usually grouped together with the Bulgarian and North Macedonian rusalii. Similarly, they consist of a group of men who observe ritual silence. They form during Green Week and the days between Christmas and Epiphany, going around villages, performing ritual music and dances for curing diseases.