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List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin

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This is a list of dances grouped by ethnicity, country, or region. These dances should also be listed on the general, noncategorized index list of specific dances.

Contents

Albania

  • Shota (dance)
  • Dance of Osman Taka
  • Pogonishte
  • Napoloni
  • Gusharaveli
  • Aragon

  • Jota (dance)
  • Argentina

  • Carnavalito
  • Chacarera
  • Chamamé
  • Cueca
  • Cumbia Villera
  • Cuarteto
  • Tango
  • Milonga
  • Pericón
  • Zamba
  • Armenia

    Note: in Armenian "par" means "dance".

  • Kochari
  • Tamzara
  • Shalakho
  • Austria

  • Ländler
  • Schuhplattler
  • Waltz
  • Basque

  • Bastan Danza
  • Belarus

  • Liavonicha (Lyavonikha)
  • Karahod (Khorovod)
  • Trasucha (Poĺka-Trasucha)
  • Brittany

  • An Dro
  • Gavotte
  • Laride
  • Plinn
  • Trihori
  • Bulgaria

  • Daychovo horo
  • Gankino horo
  • Yove male mome
  • Kopanitsa
  • Paidushko horo
  • Khmer

  • Apsara
  • Ramvong
  • Catalonia

  • Sardana
  • China

  • Lion dance
  • Dragon dance
  • Yangge
  • Colombia

  • Cumbia
  • Mapale
  • Vallenato
  • Cyprus

  • Tis tatsias
  • Tou drepaniou
  • Dominican Republic

  • Bachata
  • Merengue
  • Ethiopia

  • Dhaanto
  • Galicia

  • Fandango
  • Muiñeira
  • Vira
  • Jota
  • Zapateado
  • Germany

  • Schuhplattler
  • Zwiefacher
  • Greece

    The following is a list with the most notable dances. Names of many Greek dances may be found spelt either ending with -o or with -os. This is due to the fact that the word for "dance" in Greek is a masculine noun, while the dance itself can also be referred to by a neuter adjective used substantively. Thus one may find both "hasapiko" ("the butcher thing") and "hasapikos (horos)" - "the butcher (dance)."

    Crete

  • Ntames
  • Pentozali
  • Pidikhtos
  • Sousta
  • Syrtos
  • Trizalis
  • Hungary

  • Csárdás (Czardas)
  • Verbunkos (18th century dance & music genre)
  • Legényes (men's dance)
  • India

  • bollywood dance
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    Iraq

  • Iraqi music (Chobi)
  • Assyrian folk dance (Khigga)
  • Ireland

  • Irish Dance
  • Irish Stepdance
  • Irish Sean-Nós Dance
  • Israel

  • Mayim Mayim
  • Horah
  • Dabke
  • Italy

  • Monferrina
  • Saltarello
  • Tarantella
  • Sardinia
  • Ballu tundu
  • Kurdistan

  • Dilan
  • Halperke
  • Korea

  • Pungmul
  • Samul nori
  • Republic of Macedonia

  • Teskoto
  • Pušteno
  • Kavadarka
  • Rusalii
  • Tresenica
  • Crnogorka
  • Kopačka
  • Madagascar

  • Hiragasy
  • Salegy
  • Mexico

  • Jarabe tapatío
  • Peru

  • Marinera
  • Huayno
  • Tondero
  • Huaylas
  • Danza de tijeras
  • Diablada
  • Tinku
  • Zamacueca
  • Poland

  • Chodzony (Polonez, Polonaise)
  • Krakowiak
  • Kujawiak
  • Mazurka (Mazur)
  • Oberek (Obertas, Ober)
  • Trojak
  • Portugal

  • Chula
  • Corridinho
  • Malhão
  • Vira
  • Fado
  • Puerto Rico

  • Plena
  • Bomba
  • Danza
  • Female dances

  • Sammi
  • Giddha
  • Kikli
  • Male dances

  • Bhangra
  • Luddi
  • Dhumal
  • Romania

  • Căluşari (dance) (Calusari, Calus (Calusul)
  • Hora a circle dance
  • Joc
  • Joc cu bâta (Jocul cu bâta, Joc cu bata), Joc with stick
  • Periniţa
  • Sârba
  • Russia

  • Barynya
  • Kamarinskaya
  • Khorovod
  • Troika
  • Tsyganochka (a Russian Romani dance)
  • Yablochko
  • Saudi Arabia

  • Ardah
  • Scotland

  • Scottish country dance
  • Scottish highland dance
  • Jig
  • reel
  • Ceilidh
  • Strathspey
  • Serbia

  • Kolo:
  • Čačak kolo
  • Čoček
  • Somalia

  • Dhaanto
  • South Africa

  • Volkspele
  • Xibelani
  • Spain

  • Fandango
  • Flamenco
  • Jota
  • Seguidilla
  • Muiñeira
  • Trikiti
  • Pasodoble
  • Sardana
  • Artvin

  • Horon
  • Deli Horon
  • Ata Bari
  • Artvin Bari
  • Done
  • Sari Cicek
  • Uzun Dere
  • Koceri
  • Ondort
  • Kiz Horonu
  • Acara(Ajaria)
  • Cilveloy
  • Temuraga
  • Hancer Bari
  • Koroglu Oyunu
  • Tamzara
  • Tamara
  • Aydin

  • Aydın Zeybegi
  • Harmandalı Zeybegi
  • Eski Tavas Zeybegi
  • Ortaklar Zeybegi
  • Bingöl

  • El cirpma (capukay)
  • Govent (Bingol Halayi)
  • Meyrom
  • Horani
  • Kartal
  • Caca (Karayilan)
  • Cezayir havasi
  • Burdur

  • Avsar Beyleri
  • Serenler
  • Teke Zortlatmasi
  • Karinom
  • Keziban Yenge
  • Tek Zeybek
  • Otme Gugut Otme
  • AI Yazma
  • Dimi Dimi
  • Kabardic
  • Yayla Yollari
  • sSari Zeybek
  • Edirne

  • Kabadayi
  • Mendil
  • Sulumanaga
  • Kasap
  • Eski Kasap
  • Balkan Gaydasi
  • Pomak Gaydasi
  • Zigos
  • Fatos
  • Arzuyla Kanber
  • Sirto
  • Selanik
  • Kazibem
  • Igdir

  • Sari Gelin
  • Izmir

  • Kara Gozlu Hasanim(Syrtos)
  • Izmir kasap havasi(Hasapiko)
  • Kars

  • Terekeme
  • Trabzon

  • Karsilama
  • United States

  • Clogging
  • Contra dance
  • Square dance:
  • Modern Western square dance
  • Tap dance
  • Swing dance
  • Traditional square dance
  • Nae nae
  • Whip
  • Line
  • California

  • Balboa
  • Georgia

  • Square dance
  • Hawaii

  • Hula
  • Louisiana

  • Cajun:
  • Cajun Jig, also known as Cajun One Step
  • Cajun Two Step
  • Cajun Jitterbug
  • Cajun Waltz
  • Zydeco
  • New York

  • Lindy Hop
  • Collegiate Shag (Double-Rhythm Shag)
  • North Carolina

  • Shag (Single-Rhythm Shag)
  • Carolina Shag
  • South Carolina

  • The Big Apple
  • Carolina shag
  • the Charleston (dance)
  • Texas

  • Cowboy
  • Cotton-Eyed Joe
  • Line dance
  • Western swing (Texas Swing, Country Swing, Aggie Swing)
  • Whip
  • Virginia

  • Virginia Reel
  • Ukraine

  • Arkan
  • Bereznianka
  • Bondar
  • Buryma
  • Bychky
  • Chabarashky
  • Chumak
  • Holubka
  • Horovod
  • Hopak
  • Hutsulka
  • Kozachok
  • Kolomyjka
  • Metelytsia
  • Perepilka
  • Pleskach
  • Polka
  • Roman
  • Rybka
  • Sanzharivka
  • Shevchyky
  • Shumka
  • Tetyana
  • Tropak
  • Tropotianka
  • Uvyvanets
  • Vesnianky
  • Zhuravel
  • Wales

  • Hornpipe
  • Twmpath
  • Yemen

  • North Yemen: Bara'a dance
  • South Yemen: Sharh dance
  • References

    List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin Wikipedia


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