Folk Dance - Middle East & South Asia

Middle East & South Asia

  • Attan - The national dance of Afghanistan
  • Azerbaijani dances
  • Kurdish dance
  • Assyrian folk dance
  • Georgian Folk Dances
  • Bhangra a Punjabi harvest dance and music style that has become popular worldwide.
  • Bihu an Assamese dance celebrating the arrival of spring, traditionally the beginning of the Assamese New Year.
  • Ghoomar a traditional Bhil tribe women's folk dance of Rajasthan, India.
  • Ghumura Dance: War Dance from Kingdom of Kalahandi, Orissa, India
  • Kalbelia is one of the most sensuous dance forms of Rajasthan, performed by the kalbelia tribe.
  • Israeli folk dance

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