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People dances or folklore dances are dances, which to traditional people celebrations were danced and become. They occur practically in all cultures and do not form together with the people music (the folk music!) an inseparable unit. Contrary to standard dances the courses of motion are not so strictly fixed, what it does not mean that them are completely informally danced. Also the Tracht carried to the dance differed by decoration, used materials, head coverages and Zierat often clearly from the everyday life clothes. Exercised with the displacement of the original people music by Popmusik and the commercial standardization of people celebrations, as well as the simplified entrance to a larger leisure offer people dances will become less, them often still in regional groups (not only groups of people dances) or with special Tanzveranstaltungen (e.g. Kathreintanz, Wiener_Kathreintanz), BalFolk, as well as for tourists or customs meetings danced.
Zigtausende noted and held people dances exist. A small selection is here aforementioned. Many further see below under Related links.
The names of the individual dances are very often exchangeable, have with the present meaning nothing more to often do. About the name in Austria of the delivered a Swedish Verballhornung of the original name is "Swabian Walzer".
Also with the Zwiefachen as at most dance families most diverse designations are delivered and in different regions usually.
Dances from the area, in which "flat-German" one speaks:
Some dance families with in each case many subspecies are
Further simple dances are listed on the side Austrian basic dance.
See also: Austrian people dance
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A» Austrian people dance | D» Department | F» Fi chain dance |
H» Hambo» Hullahup | L» List of groups of people dances | P» People dance» Punta |
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