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Armenian dance
The Armenian dance (Armenian: Հայկական պար) heritage has been considered one of the oldest and most varied in its respective region.
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Assam
Assam is a state in Northeast India, situated south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys.
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Assyrian folk dance
Assyrian Folk Dances are dances that are performed throughout the world by Assyrians, mostly on occasions such as weddings, community parties and other jubilant events.
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Assyrian people
Assyrian people (ܐܫܘܪܝܐ), or Syriacs (see terms for Syriac Christians), are an ethnic group indigenous to the Middle East.
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Attan
Attan (اتڼ) is a form of dance that originated in Afghanistan.
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Austria
Austria (Österreich), officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich), is a federal republic and a landlocked country of over 8.8 million people in Central Europe.
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Azerbaijani dances
There are a number of Azerbaijani dances (Azərbaycan Rəqsləri) used by the Azerbaijani people of Azerbaijan and Iranian Azerbaijan.
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Baile Folklorico
Baile folklórico, literally "folkloric dance" in Spanish, also known as ballet folklórico, is a collective term for traditional Mexican in dances that emphasize local folk culture with ballet characteristics - pointed toes, exaggerated movements, highly choreographed.
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Balfolk
Bal Folk is a dance event for folk dance and folk music in a number of European countries, mainly in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy.
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Ball de bastons
Ball de bastons (stick dance) is the name of a ritual weapon dance spread throughout Europe and the rest of the Iberian area (cossiers in Majorca, Portuguese pauliteiros, Aragonese palotiau, Basque ezpatadantza and Spanish paloteo or troqueado) but mostly in Catalonia.
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Ballu tundu
Ballu tundu or ballu bardu is a traditional Sardinian folk dance which is typically danced in a closed or open circle.
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Barn dance
A barn dance is any kind of dance involving traditional or folk music with traditional dancing, occasionally held in a barn, but, these days, much more likely to be in any suitable building.
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Bhangra (dance)
The term Bhaṅgṛā (ਭੰਗੜਾ (Gurmukhi), (Shahmukhi); pronounced) refers to the traditional dance from the Indian subcontinent originating in the Majha area of the Punjab region.
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Bihu dance
The Bihu dance is an indigenous folk dance from the Indian state of Assam related to the Bihu festival and an important part of Assamese culture.
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Binasuan
The binasuan is a Filipino folk dance in which the performer holds full wine glasses in each hand while performing balancing tricks.
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Bulgarian dances
Bulgarian folk dances are intimately related to the music of Bulgaria.
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Buyō
, or short for meaning Japanese dance, refers to a traditional Japanese performing art that may be a mixture of dance and pantomime.
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Calabrian Tarantella
Calabrian Tarantella (in italian: Tarantella Calabrese or "Sonu a ballu": playing for dancing) is a generic term to include different musical-dancing expressions spread in Calabria peninsula and different from other southern Italian dances called simply Tarantella.
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Cariñosa
Cariñosa (meaning the loving or affectionate one) is a Philippine dance of colonial era origin from the Maria Clara suite of Philippine folk dances, where the fan or handkerchief plays an instrumental role as it places the couple in romance scenario.
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Catalonia
Catalonia (Catalunya, Catalonha, Cataluña) is an autonomous community in Spain on the northeastern extremity of the Iberian Peninsula, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy.
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Cèilidh
A cèilidh or céilí is a traditional Scottish or Irish social gathering.
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Central America
Central America (América Central, Centroamérica) is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with the South American continent on the southeast.
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Ceremonial dance
Ceremonial dance is a major category or classification of dance forms or dance styles, where the purpose is ceremonial or ritualistic.
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Chitral
Chitral (Pashto/چترال; چھترار, Khowar for "field") is the capital of the Chitral District, situated on the Chitral River in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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Choreography
Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion, form, or both are specified.
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Clogging
Clogging is a type of folk dance in which the dancer's footwear is used percussively by striking the heel, the toe, or both against a floor or each other to create audible rhythms, usually to the downbeat with the heel keeping the rhythm.
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Contra dance
Contra dance (also contradance, contra-dance and other variant spellings) is a folk dance made up of long lines of couples.
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Country dance
A country dance is any of a large number of social dances of the British Isles in which couples dance together in a figure or "set", each dancer dancing to his or her partner and each couple dancing to the other couples in the set.
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Cyprus
Cyprus (Κύπρος; Kıbrıs), officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία; Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti), is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean.
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Dabke
Dabke (دبكة; also transliterated Dabka, Dabki, Dubki, Dabkeh; plural Dabkaat) is an Arab folk dance native to the Levant.
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Daychovo horo
Daichovo horo is a Bulgarian folk dance done to a 9 beat meter.
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Elizabeth Burchenal
Flora Elizabeth Burchenal (October 18, 1875 – November 21, 1959) was an American folk dance educator.
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Fandango
Fandango is a lively couples dance from Spain, usually in triple metre, traditionally accompanied by guitars, castanets, or hand-clapping ("palmas" in Spanish).
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Fest Noz
A Fest Noz (Breton for night festival) is a Breton traditional festival, with dancing in groups and live musicians playing acoustic instruments.
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Folk dance of Mexico
Folk dance of Mexico (ballet folklórico) covers a wide range of Mexican dance forms.
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Freilekhs
Freilekhs is an Ashkenazic folk dance.
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Gankino horo
Gankino horo (Ганкино хоро), “Ganka’s dance”, is a Bulgarian folk dance written in 11 (undecuple).
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Garba (dance)
Garba (ગરબા in Gujarati) is a form of dance which originated in the state of Gujarat in India.
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Geisha
(),, or are Japanese women who study the ancient tradition of art, dance and singing, and are distinctively characterized by traditional costumes and makeup.
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Georgian dance
There are a number of Georgian dances (ქართული ცეკვა), these folk dances of the Georgian people have a number of purposes.
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Germany
Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.
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Gorals
The Gorals (Górale; Gorali; Cieszyn Silesian: Gorole; literally "highlanders") are an ethnographic (or ethnic) group primarily found in their traditional area of southern Poland, northern Slovakia, and in the region of Cieszyn Silesia in the Czech Republic (Silesian Gorals).
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Greek dances
Greek dance (horos) is a very old tradition, being referred to by authors such as Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch and Lucian.
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Hora (dance)
Hora, also known as horo and oro, is a type of circle dance originating in the Balkans but also found in other countries.
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International folk dance
International folk dance is a genre of dance where in selected folk dances from multiple ethnic groups are done by the same dancers, typically as part of a regular recreational dance club, for performances or at other events.
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Irish dance
Irish dance or Irish dancing is a group of traditional dance forms originating from Ireland, encompassing dancing both solo and in groups, and dancing for social, competitive, and performance purposes.
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Israeli folk dancing
Israeli folk dancing (Hebrew: ריקודי עם, rikudei 'am, lit. "Folk dances") is a form of dance usually performed to songs in Hebrew, or to other songs which have been popular in Israel, with dances choreographed for specific songs.
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Italian folk dance
Italian Folk Dance has been an integral part of Italian culture for centuries.
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Itik-itik
Itik-itik is a mimetic folk dance in the Philippines.
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Japan
Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.
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Jota (music)
The jota (hota or ixota; xota; xota; old Spanish spelling: xota) is a genre of music and the associated dance known throughout Spain, most likely originating in Aragon.
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Kalbelia
Kalbelia or Kabeliya is one of the most sensuous dance forms of Rajasthan, performed by a tribe of the same name.
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Khattak dance
Khattak dance (د خټکو اتڼ) is a swift martial attan dance usually performed while carrying a sword and a handkerchief by the tribesmen from the agile Khattak tribe of Pashtuns in Pakistan and some eastern parts of Afghanistan.
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Khigga
Khigga is a style of Assyrian folk dance in which multiple dancers hold each other's hands and form a circle.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (abbreviated as KP; خیبر پختونخوا; خیبر پښتونخوا) is one of the four administrative provinces of Pakistan, located in the northwestern region of the country along the international border with Afghanistan.
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Kolo (dance)
In Southeastern Europe, the South Slavic peoples traditionally dance the circle dance, known as Kolo (Коло/Kolo; Kolo; Kolo), named after the circle formed by the dancers.
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Kurdish dance
Kurdish dance (script; rtl, rtl) is a group of traditional hand-holding dances similar to those from the Middle Eastern countries.
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Levant
The Levant is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin
This is a list of dances grouped by ethnicity, country, or region.
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Maglalatik
The Maglalatik (also known as Manlalatik or Magbabao) is an indigenous dance from the Philippines.
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Maypole
A maypole is a tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals, around which a maypole dance often takes place.
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Mazurka
The mazurka (in Polish mazurek, plural mazurki) is a Polish folk dance in triple meter, usually at a lively tempo, and with "strong accents unsystematically placed on the second or third beat".
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Modern western square dance
Modern western square dance (also called western square dance, contemporary western square dance, modern American square dance or modern square dance) is one of two American types of square dancing, along with traditional square dance.
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Monferrina
Monferrina is a lively Italian folk dance in time named after the place of its origin, Montferrat, in the Italian region of Piedmont.
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Morris dance
Morris dance is a form of English folk dance usually accompanied by music.
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Nantgarw tradition
Nantgarw tradition is a style of Morris dancing from the South and Valleys regions of Wales, specifically associated with the small village of Nantgarw.
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Outline of dance
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to dance: Dance – human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting.
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Paidushko horo
Paidushko horo (Пайдушко хоро; translit; Payduşka Dansı; χορός Μπαϊντούσκα) is a folk dance from Bulgaria and Macedonia.
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Pakistan
Pakistan (پاکِستان), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (اِسلامی جمہوریہ پاکِستان), is a country in South Asia.
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Pandanggo
Pandanggo is a Philippine folk dance which has become popular in the rural areas of the Philippines.
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Paphos
Paphos (Πάφος; Baf) is a coastal city in the southwest of Cyprus and the capital of Paphos District.
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Pistachio
The pistachio (Pistacia vera), a member of the cashew family, is a small tree originating from Central Asia and the Middle East.
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Pizzica
Pizzica is a popular Italian folk dance, originally from the Salento peninsula in Apulia and later spreading throughout the rest of Apulia and the regions of Calabria and eastern Basilicata.
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Polka
The polka is originally a Czech dance and genre of dance music familiar throughout Europe and the Americas.
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Polonaise
The polonaise (polonez) is a dance of Polish origin, in 4 time.
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Polska (dance)
The polska (Swedish plural polskor) is a family of music and dance forms shared by the Nordic countries: called polsk in Denmark, polska in Sweden and Finland, and by several different names in Norway.
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Pravo
Pravo horo (Bulgarian Право хоро, "straight dance") is a very popular, simple folk dance from Bulgaria that is done throughout the Balkan countries.
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Punjabis
The Punjabis (Punjabi:, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ), or Punjabi people, are an ethnic group associated with the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, who speak Punjabi, a language from the Indo-Aryan language family.
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Rajasthan
Rajasthan (literally, "Land of Kings") is India's largest state by area (or 10.4% of India's total area).
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Schottische
The schottische is a partnered country dance that apparently originated in Bohemia.
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Schuhplattler
The Schuhplattler is a traditional style of folk dance popular in the Alpine regions of Bavaria and Tyrol (southern Germany, Austria and the German speaking regions of northern Italy).
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Scottish country dance
Scottish Country dance (SCD) is the distinctively Scottish form of country dance, itself a form of social dance involving groups of couples of dancers tracing progressive patterns.
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Singkil
Singkíl (or Sayaw sa Kasingkil) is a folk dance of the Maranao people of Lake Lanao based on the epic legend Darangen, an adaptation of Ramayana.
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Social dance
Social dance is that category of dances that have a social function and context.
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Square dance
A square dance is a dance for four couples (eight dancers in total) arranged in a square, with one couple on each side, facing the middle of the square.
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Sword dance
Sword dances are recorded throughout world history.
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Tanec
Tanec (Танец) is an eminent professional large folklore musical ensemble from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
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Tarantella
Tarantella is a group of various folk dances characterized by a fast upbeat tempo, usually in 8 time (sometimes or), accompanied by tambourines.
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Thabal chongba
Thabal chongba or dancing by moonlight, dance in which the participants join hands in a circle is a popular Manipuri folk dance associated with the festival of Yaoshang in India.
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Tinikling
Tinikling is a traditional Philippine folk dance which originated during the Spanish colonial era.
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Tresenica
Tresenica (Tресеница) or Shaking dance in English is a Macedonian oro from the region of Mariovo.
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Turkish dance
Turkish folk dances are the folk dances of Turkey.
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Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan (or; Türkmenistan), (formerly known as Turkmenia) is a sovereign state in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north and east, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest, and the Caspian Sea to the west.
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Ukrainian dance
Ukrainian dance (Український тaнeць, translit. Ukrainian 'tanets') refers to the traditional folk dances of the peoples of Ukraine.
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Verbunkos
Verbunkos, other spellings are Verbounko, Verbunko, Verbunkas, Werbunkos, Werbunkosch, Verbunkoche; sometimes known simply as the hongroise or ungarischer Tanz is an 18th-century Hungarian dance and music genre.
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Waltz
The waltz is a ballroom and folk dance, normally in time, performed primarily in closed position.
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Weapon dance
The weapon dance employs weapons—or stylized versions of weapons—traditionally used in combat in order to simulate, recall, or reenact combat or the moves of combat in the form of dance, usually for some ceremonial purpose.
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Zapin
Zapin (Jawi: زافين) is a Malay dance form that is popular in Malaysia (especially in the state of Johor, Pahang and Selangor), in Indonesia, especially in Malay-populated provinces in Sumatera (Riau Province, Jambi province, Riau Islands Province, North Sumatera, and Bangka-Belitung Islands) and West Kalimantan, and in other Malay populated countries like Brunei Darussalam and Singapore.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_dance
