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RUSSIAN DANCE
IT IS A COMMON RUSSIAN DANCE WHERE A PERSON DANCES IN THE
MIDDLE OF A CIRCLE COMPOSED OF CLAPPING RUSSIANS WHO ARE
SINGING TO MUSIC. WHEN THE PEOPLE STOP CLAPPING, THE MAN
IN THE MIDDLE MUST DRINK A GLASS OF VODKA.
Submitter comment:
THIS DANCE WAS RELATED TO THE INFORMANT BY HIS FATHER,
WHO IS RUSSIAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Form Grouping Movement |
JEWISH DANCE--THE HORA
THE HORA IS A DANCE FROM ISRAEL WHICH IS REFERRED TO AS THE
"HARVEST DANCE." IT IS DANCED IN ISRAEL AT ALL HAPPENINGS.
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, IT IS USUALLY DONE AT WEDDINGS,
BAR MITZVAHS, OR ANY HAPPY OCCASION.
ANY NUMBER OF PEOPLE JOIN HANDS IN A CIRCLE. DANCERS KICK ONE
FOOT AND THEN THE OTHER AS ALL TURN ABOUT IN A CIRCLE, WHILE
THEY DO THE DANCE AND SING THE SONG, HAVA NIGELLA.
HAVA NIGELLA:
RUN THRU THE VALLEY, RUN THRU THE CLOVER,
HARVEST IS OVER, DANCE, EVERYONE, DANCE.
DANCE WHERE THE CORN IS HIGH, UNDER A GOLDEN SKY,
DANCE WHERE THE WINE WAS BORN, DANCE, EVERYONE, DANCE.
WHIRL AND TURN ABOUT, LIFT UP YOUR HEAD AND SHOUT,
JOIN HANDS, SKIP ALONG, DANCE EVERYONE, DANCE.
Submitter comment: ORIGIN: PARENTS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Form Grouping Movement |
UKRAINIAN FOLK DANCE
THE TRADITIONAL FOLK DANCE FOR UKRAINIANS VARIES WITH
THE AREA FROM WHICH YOUR ANCESTORS CAME. MOST FOLK DANCES
ARE DONE IN CIRCULAR PATTERNS AND LINES. THE MUSIC IS 2/4
TIME AND GIVES INSIGHT TO THE LIFE STYLE. SOME DANCES ARE
PERFORMED BY GIRLS ONLY WHILE OTHERS ARE FOR BOYS. ONE OF
THE MOST POPULAR DANCES, THE HOPAK, IS PERFORMED BY HIGH
JUMPS AND LOW BENDS AND SOMETIMES WITH SWORDS. MOST THEMES
ARE ROMANTIC OR MILITARISTIC AND PERFORMED IN FULL COLOR
COSTUMES.
Submitter comment:
MANY PARISHES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
CONTINUE TO MAKE UKRAINIAN DANCE CLASSES AVAILABLE TO THEIR
PARISHONERS.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Form Grouping Movement CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dancing |
Date learned: 00001950S
THERE IS A MASQUERADE CALLED "ORO" THAT SHOWS UP ONCE IN A YEAR
IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF NIGERIA. IT IS FORBIDDEN FOR WOMEN TO
SEE IT. IF ANY WOMAN SEES IT, SHE WILL DIE BEFORE THE SEVENTH DAY.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANTS LOOKED SCARED WHILE NARRATING ITEM.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Form Grouping Movement BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-00-1984