Folk dancing

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Topic: Folk dancing

Posted By: kafkas
Subject: Folk dancing
Date Posted: 29-Apr-2008 at 16:05

Everybody post a video and pictures of your regional style of dance, preferably with background info.

Let's try to keep it to only one video per dance.

This is Lezginka (named after the ancient Muslim Lezgin people of Daghestan and Azerbaijan), or as it is also called in Azerbaijan, Şeyh Şamil. It's meant to imitate the movements of an Eagle.

Most Caucasian people have their own variations of flavors of this certain dance, except Armenians who's dances are very different. Turks in the provinces of Ardahan, Kars, and Igidir perform these dances as well since many of them of are of Caucasian descent.

Here it is, Lezginka or Seyh Samil.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv9RuTSDkyo -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv9RuTSDkyo

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Posted By: xi_tujue
Date Posted: 01-May-2008 at 08:47

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Seikh Samil is a person Lezignka is a Dance Confused

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I rather be a nomadic barbarian than a sedentary savage

Posted By: kafkas
Date Posted: 01-May-2008 at 18:44

Originally posted by xi_tujue

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Seikh Samil is a person Lezignka is a Dance Confused

Is there something wrong with you? We refer to the dance itself as "Seyh Samil", after the person. There is also a specific type of music that you dance Seyh Samil to, hence the picture of the music album in my previous post.

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Posted By: xi_tujue
Date Posted: 03-May-2008 at 12:11

yes The Seyh Samil is a form of Lezignka so ?

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I rather be a nomadic barbarian than a sedentary savage

Posted By: Bulldog
Date Posted: 03-May-2008 at 14:45

I always wondered where the "Kafkaz" clothes used in these dances came from, the female ones are very distinct and original however, the males look like Turkmen costume, the famous Kalpak-Telpek hat and the jacket.

Also another interesting point, there are dances of Turkmenistan and especially the Khwarzemshah region of Ozbekistan which have some similar dances and music to those in the Kafkaz.

I wonder if there have been studies into if they had some cultural contact with each other and to what extent it was?

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Posted By: kafkas
Date Posted: 03-May-2008 at 22:01

Originally posted by Bulldog

I always wondered where the "Kafkaz" clothes used in these dances came from, the female ones are very distinct and original however, the males look like Turkmen costume, the famous Kalpak-Telpek hat and the jacket.

Also another interesting point, there are dances of Turkmenistan and especially the Khwarzemshah region of Ozbekistan which have some similar dances and music to those in the Kafkaz.

I wonder if there have been studies into if they had some cultural contact with each other and to what extent it was?

You raise very good points Bulldog, Turk cultural influence was actually very strong in the Caucasus and also Russia.

The Caucasus experienced significant periods of Hun, Gokturk, Kypchak, Khazar, Seljuk, and Ottoman influence. There were also numerous "Hanliks" in the area, or Khan-ships if you will, like the Nogai, Kumyk, Astrakhan, Karabagh, etc.

Drawing of an ancient Turk bal-bal found in Central Asia (note the clothes)

The trouble with the Caucasus is that it's so diverse it's hard to tell what came from what :)

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Posted By: Don Quixote
Date Posted: 01-Mar-2012 at 02:54

There are variety of Bulgarian folk dances, many of which are called "hora" - "round dances" - people get in circle /or in open circle/ and move with the same step, the steps can be simple or quite complicated. This one on the video is called "Elenino horo:
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Posted By: Don Quixote
Date Posted: 02-Mar-2012 at 01:33

This is a Bulgarian dance performed only by women
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Posted By: Don Quixote
Date Posted: 08-Mar-2012 at 21:11

Bulgarian dances in 6 parts, a presentation in Australia, with explanations for every dance:
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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 08-Mar-2012 at 23:57

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 10-Mar-2012 at 02:28

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Posted By: Don Quixote
Date Posted: 18-Mar-2012 at 23:02

A Georgian folk dance
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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 18-Mar-2012 at 23:16

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Posted By: Don Quixote
Date Posted: 20-Mar-2012 at 00:43

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Posted By: Don Quixote
Date Posted: 21-Mar-2012 at 00:30

Romanian Maramure dance:
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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 21-Mar-2012 at 00:36

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Posted By: Don Quixote
Date Posted: 22-Mar-2012 at 02:05

[TUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKSrEXbQ27I[/TUBE]

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Posted By: Don Quixote
Date Posted: 24-Mar-2012 at 22:20

[TUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQkmqK5U5Uo[/TUBE]

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Posted By: Don Quixote
Date Posted: 25-Mar-2012 at 19:57

A Moldavian folk dance
[TUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWe9SiuqagI[/TUBE]

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Posted By: Don Quixote
Date Posted: 30-Mar-2012 at 01:10

A Romanian folk dance
[TUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3m6dLA0iVs[/TUBE]

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Posted By: Don Quixote
Date Posted: 05-Apr-2012 at 01:53

Goan-Portuguese folk dance
[TUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPX5tRSsV6s[/TUBE]

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Posted By: Don Quixote
Date Posted: 13-May-2012 at 16:40

A Chinese dance
[TUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRrA8VvFJXs[/TUBE]

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 25-Jun-2012 at 04:03

Tarantella

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 25-Jun-2012 at 04:04

Cummareddra

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 25-Jun-2012 at 04:06

Matroccola

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 26-Jun-2012 at 22:59

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What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.

Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 26-Jun-2012 at 23:00

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What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.

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Date Posted: 26-Jun-2012 at 23:04

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 27-Jun-2012 at 07:42

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 27-Jun-2012 at 07:51

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 28-Jun-2012 at 10:02

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 28-Jun-2012 at 10:08

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 28-Jun-2012 at 10:13

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 29-Jun-2012 at 10:47

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 29-Jun-2012 at 10:52

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 01-Jul-2012 at 05:07

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 01-Jul-2012 at 05:19

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 01-Jul-2012 at 05:31

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Posted By: Don Quixote
Date Posted: 01-Jul-2012 at 14:21

Armenian wedding folk dance
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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 01-Jul-2012 at 14:50

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 02-Jul-2012 at 19:23

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 02-Jul-2012 at 19:30

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 02-Jul-2012 at 19:41

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 21-Jul-2012 at 23:26

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Posted By: Menumorut
Date Posted: 22-Jul-2012 at 04:13

Not actually a dance, but some pre-Christian new year customs (common especially in Moldavia), "The Masks" and "The Goat"

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Călușul, pre-Christian ritual dance. An amazingly identical dance with similar costumes is one of most widespread traditions in Britain

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Ciuleandra, here in a movie with the same name
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Hora from Bukovina
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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 09-Aug-2012 at 00:56

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Posted By: Don Quixote
Date Posted: 09-Aug-2012 at 01:56

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 18-Aug-2012 at 05:20

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Posted By: Don Quixote
Date Posted: 03-Sep-2012 at 02:07

Chinese:
[TUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3bfA9EbOUs[/TUBE]

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 05-Jun-2013 at 23:53

New England Folk Dancing

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Posted By: Don Quixote
Date Posted: 25-Jul-2013 at 03:41

A Portuguese folk dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHOQnMV82Ys - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHOQnMV82Ys
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Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 12-Oct-2013 at 14:04

Albanian folk dance

Kosovo

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North Albania

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Central Albania

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South Albania

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 20-Nov-2013 at 20:33

Lancashire Clog Dancing

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Posted By: yomud
Date Posted: 24-Nov-2013 at 12:54

i love it :D

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 17-Jun-2016 at 23:04

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What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.

Posted By: Arbnor
Date Posted: 14-Oct-2017 at 09:31

Albanian folk dances (playlist)

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 25-Oct-2017 at 23:37

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What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.