14.12.2011 Folk dance Europe • They are dances performed at social functions by • Polonez (Polish), people with little or no professional training, often to • clogging, traditional music or music based on traditional music. • English country dance, • international folk dance, Folk Dance • They are not designed for public performance or the • Irish dance, stage, although traditional folkdances may be later • Maypole dance, arranged and set for stage performances. • Morris dance, authors name and surname • Their execution is dominated by an inherited tradition • Welsh Morris Dance, rather than by innovation (although like all folk • Nordic polska dance, • Ball de bastons, traditions they do change over time) • square dance, and • New dancers often learn informally by observing • sword dance. others and/or receiving help from others. Asia Middle Eastern dance Dance in India literally "oriental dance") is the style; رﻗﺺ ﺷﺮﻗﻲ :Attan - The national dance of Afghanistan • Raqs sharqi (Arabic • • Azerbaijani dances more familiar to Westerners, performed in restaurants and cabarets • Classical dance • Kurdish dance around the world. It is more commonly performed by female • Assyrian folk dance dancers but is also sometimes danced by men. It is a solo • Kathakali improvisational dance, although students often perform • Georgian Folk Dances choreographed dances in a group. • • Mtiuluri Ottan Tullal "literally "dance of country", or "folk; رﻗﺺ ﺑﻠﺪي :Raqs baladi, (Arabic • • Bhangra a Punjabi harvest dance and music style that has become popular worldwide. dance) is the folkloric style, danced socially by men and women of • Dasi Attam all ages in some Middle Eastern countries, usually at festive • Ghoomar a traditional Bhil tribe women's folk dance of Rajasthan, India. occasions such as weddings. • Ghumura Dance: War Dance from Kingdom of Kalahandi, Orissa, India • Mohini Attam • Ghawazi, traditional performative dance of the Egyptian Dom • Kalbelia is one of the most sensuous dance forms of Rajasthan, performed by the kalbelia tribe. people • Persian dance • Israeli folk dance • Çiftetelli, Turkish folk dance found in the core territories of the former Ottoman Empire Persian dance Latin America Folk dance in Estonia • Mexico percentage of population practicing • Central America folk dance 3,50% 3,00% 2,50% 2,00% 1,50% 1,00% 0,50% 0,00% Ida-Viru… Lääne-Viru… Hiiu maakond Hiiu Võru maakond Võru Järva maakond Järva Tartu maakond Tartu Põlva maakond Põlva Harju maakond Harju Valga maakond Valga Rapla maakond Rapla Saare maakond Saare Pärnu maakond Pärnu Lääne maakond Jõgeva maakond Jõgeva Viljandi maakond Viljandi 1.