๐จ The arts ๐ต Music and dance
Folk dance
๐ In short
Folk dance is the traditional dance each people has inherited from its ancestors. Every country has its own dances, performed at weddings, festivals and celebrations to folk songs and music.
๐คฉ Did you know?
- Many folk dances are performed in groups, not alone.
- Folk dance is accompanied by special folk songs.
- The ardha is a group sword dance performed in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries.
- Folk troupes keep old dances from being forgotten.
๐ Find out more
๐ The dabke
The dabke is a famous folk dance in the Levant and Iraq, where dancers hold hands in a long line and stamp the ground with their feet in the same rhythm.
๐ Dances from everywhere
The Gulf has the ardha dance with swords and drums, Morocco the ahidous dance, Ireland fast footwork dancing, and Spain flamenco.
๐ก Passed between generations
People don't learn folk dance from books, but children learn it from grown-ups at celebrations, so it passes from generation to generation.
๐ฏ Clothes and colors
In folk dance the dancers wear colorful traditional clothes showing their country's heritage and beauty.
๐ธ More pictures
๐งฉ Test yourself
1 How is the dabke danced?
2 How is folk dance passed on?
3 Which picture shows โFolk danceโ?
๐จ Discover more
๐ท Picture sources: Wikimedia Commons
- Andrรฉs Marรญn Jarque ยท CC BY-SA 3.0
- OldMuzzle ยท CC BY-SA 3.0
- User:Chajeshukarie ยท Public domain
- Marta Malina Moraczewska ยท CC BY-SA 4.0
