A variety of musical and dance styles make people start to dance in all parts of the world. Those who have the strength to resist the good tunes?
What is the difference that you speak different languages?? Let the body itself will tell all that it needs. Dance till you drop all day long - and here are ten famous folk dance styles from around the world.
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- 1. Kathakali - Kochi, Kerala, India
- 2. Viennese Waltz, Vienna, Austria
- 3. Moshing - Washington, DC, USA
- 4. Hopak - Kiev, Ukraine
- 5. Adumu, Maasai - Kenya and Tanzania
- 6. Footwork - Chicago, IL, USA
- 7. Otea - Tahiti, French Polynesia
- 8. Cumbia - Cartagena, the Caribbean coast of Colombia
- 9. Dance masked zaouli - Mafiya, Ivory Coast
- 10. Frevo - Olinda, State of Pernambuco, Brazil
1. Kathakali - Kochi, Kerala, India
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A bit of dramatic art, a little dance - and a lot of make-up: that's the whole recipe is a well-prepared presentation of Kathakali. Not far from the Chinese fishing nets in Fort Kochi Kathakali performers seemed to float on the stage - the rhythm specified by percussion, discharged in costumes, performing each movement with a jeweler's precision and grace. Broken half an hour that go to make up, not in vain: even the slightest shake corner of his eye or mouth allows the dancers to interpret facial expressions nine to express strong emotions - such as fear, love, and anger.
2. Viennese Waltz, Vienna, Austria
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The Viennese waltz is associated with the native music of Vienna Johann Strauss composed more than 500 waltzes musically 6/8 and ¾. Viennese Waltz, which Inputs in the program of ballroom dancing competitions, is necessary to the court when you need to impress guests at a more or less formal event. Elegant in the extreme, this graceful dance - performed by the swirling, then floating in the dance couples, under the melodious music - gives the impression of lightness and elation.
3. Moshing - Washington, DC, USA
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Do not be naive - mosh it up to such an extent travmasen how it looks. What kind of equipment; it is a story about mosh crush and pihalovo a concert in the middle of the raging crowd; you have to just let your body follow the impulses that are sent to you punk, metal, and rock music. The very word, it is believed, went from Washington in 1980, from the song Total Mash hardcore group SCREAM, these guys have encouraged their fans to mash it up chopped to arrange a mess - and dance in an aggressive manner.
4. Hopak - Kiev, Ukraine
Hop, hop! Encourage each other dancers. Gopak - means jump, and indeed, jumping - in this case naiperveyshee Ukrainian national dance, which dates back to the XVI century. Initially, his dancing Cossacks Zaporozhian - celebrates victory and reproduces battle scenes in the dance, with an emphasis on acrobatic jumps.
5. Adumu, Maasai - Kenya and Tanzania
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High jump? For boys, Maasai Adumu; saltatorial dance; a part of the initiation ceremony of initiation into manhood; the higher they jump, the greater (and more desirable), they seem to be their own people. Men stand in a semicircle, each bouncing as high as they can - on their toes, heels touching the ground; comrades cheer participants incentive guttural exclamations.
6. Footwork - Chicago, IL, USA
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Dance The name speaks for itself. Emerged in the 1980s and evolve in the style of Chicago footwork and dance - is a story about the movement of feet. The perfect soundtrack for the footwork - very fast rhythm, fractional sampling, intermittent bass played by musicians in Chicago "Juke" style. Names such as RP Boo and recently deceased DJ Rashad - pioneers in music and dance footwork - are recognized legends footwork scene to this day. This dance has no boundaries - dance groups like THE ERA expanded the notion of footwork and did these intense movements on an art world scale.
7. Otea - Tahiti, French Polynesia
Traditional Tahitian dance otea, which is a very vigorous swinging of her hips to the rhythm, which is set by drums is playing stories from everyday life; the dancers are helping hands at the hips are in constant motion, and if live their separate lives. This dance reception makes the greatest impression when the dancers continued to shake their hips while rebuilding.
8. Cumbia - Cartagena, the Caribbean coast of Colombia
Origins of cumbia are covered with obscurity. A variety of the city, lying on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, from Barranquilla to Cartagena, dispute the right to be called the birthplace of cumbia - and as evidence demonstrating the public are puzzled and syakie local styles of dance. Undoubtedly only one thing - that the cumbia, from the African word Kumba(dance) - is a dangerous mix of the heritage of indigenous peoples, African slaves, and European colonists.
9. Dance masked zaouli - Mafiya, Ivory Coast
Zaouli de Manfla, a mask dance from the Gouro or Kweni culture, a dancer in the mask is taken to jump before the crowd, stamping his feet with all his might. Bunches of raffia, move to the body, shaking like mad on his head - a motley mask; here it is, a man of the community in Gouro Manfii in the central part of Côte d'Ivoire. In each village, where ethnic group Gouro, will certainly find your own dancer who shows his art in all sorts of celebrations and funerals - to increased fertility, spiritual unity - has grown, and the world - crepe.
10. Frevo - Olinda, State of Pernambuco, Brazil
'Frevo' comes from the Portuguese word 'ferver' - which means 'to boil' - and it's really scary hot. Performers dance frevo not simply shifting back and forth on a heel - sock -top -top -top, but combine about 120 different moves - acrobatic, kicking their feet, and pas of capoeira (Brazilian martial dance).
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