Folk dance

A folk dance is a dance developed by people that reflect the life of the people of a certain country or region.[1] 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. The terms "ethnic" and "traditional" are used when it is required to emphasize the cultural roots of the dance. In this sense, nearly all folk dances are ethnic ones. If some dances, such as polka, cross ethnic boundaries and even cross the boundary between "folk" and "ballroom dance", ethnic differences are often considerable enough to mention.

Malambo, Argentine folk dance
Traditional Valencian dances

Background

Folk dances share some or all of the following attributes:

Europe
Rapper Sword Dancers - Sheffield Steel
Folk Dancing at Jack in the Green May Day festival in Hastings, UK.
Turkey folk dance
Armenian dancers. HlushenkovFolkFest in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.

Varieties of European folk dances include:

Sword dances include long sword dances and rapper dancing. Some choreographed dances such as contra dance, Scottish highland dance, Scottish country dance, and modern western square dance, are called folk dances, though this is not true in the strictest sense. Country dance overlaps with contemporary folk dance and ballroom dance. Most country dances and ballroom dances originated from folk dances, with gradual refinement over the years.

People familiar with folk dancing can often determine what country a dance is from even if they have not seen that particular dance before. Some countries' dances have features that are unique to that country, although neighboring countries sometimes have similar features. For example, the German and Austrian schuhplattling dance consists of slapping the body and shoes in a fixed pattern, a feature that few other countries' dances have.

Folk dances sometimes evolved long before current political boundaries, so that certain dances are shared by several countries. For example, some Serbian, Bulgarian, and Croatian dances share the same or similar dances, and sometimes even use the same name and music for those dances.

International folk dance groups exist in cities and college campuses in many countries, in which dancers learn folk dances from many cultures for recreation.

Balfolk events are social dance events with live music in Western and Central Europe, originating in the folk revival of the 1970s and becoming more popular since about 2000, where popular European partner dances from the end of the 19th century such as the schottische, polka, mazurka and waltz are danced, with additionally other European folk dances, mainly from France, but also from Sweden, Spain and other countries.

Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia
Punjab Folk Dance in Pakistan

various dances such as tamang selo and many others

India

East and Southeast Asia

China
Further information: Dance_in_China § Traditional_dance

Cambodia
Further information: Dance_in_Cambodia § Folk_dance
Cambodian Peacock dance

Indonesia
Balinese temple dancer performing Sekar Jepun dance in Bali, Indonesia
Main article: Dance in Indonesia

Japan
Further information: Dance in Japan

Korea
Further information: Korean_dance § Folk_dance

Malaysia
Further information: Dance_in_Malaysia § Malay_Folk_Dances

Nepal
Further information: Dance_in_Nepal § Ethnic_and_cultural_dances

Philippines
Further information: Philippine dance
Singkil, traditional folk dance of the Maranao people of the Philippines depicting parts of the epic poem, Darangen.
Members from the Philippine Cultural Dancers group perform tinikling during the 2007 Asian Pacific Heritage Month celebration at the Kadena Air Base, Japan

Taiwan

Latin America

Argentina

Mexico

Venezuela

Oceania

See also

References
  1. "Definition of FOLK DANCE". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  2. V@DIM. "Golden age". www.turkmenistan.gov.tm.
  3. "Tarian Zapin – Yayasan Warisan Johor". Archived from the original on 2018-09-16. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
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