People, even if you don't find European folk dances that interesting, just give the appreciation to the centuries of culture and history that evolved to these dances. There are so many misconceptions today about the native people of Europe. People today claim that Europe has no culture, and yet they don't even bother to try and learn anything about its people. I study cultures because I find that sort of thing fascinating and genuinely interesting, but I never forget about the European cultural roots that are a part of who I am. So please, all I'm asking is that you take the time to learn more about us before you see fit to judge us. You may find that we are more alike than we are different. Thank you.
It's sad ... but many people fell ashamed of their culture .... in my country it's dying ... dances, music styles, and other languages/dialects that NO ONE can speak anymore.
@@youcanthandlethetruth8873 No its mainly people from the BRITISH ANGLOPHONE colonies (and for a good reason!!). Its because England has a young, transient and transplanted history and culture. Its basically a heavily watered down poor man's version of Celtic, French and Scandinavian culture. Everyone knows Irish have culture, French have culture, Spanish have culture, Italians have culture...but outside of scones and tea the English culture is kinda intangible or recognizable.
@@chinchanchou I don't think so. Our best known dance is one that shows people looking like they're sad and/or angry, while all central and eastern dances seem happy and many are really difficult to dance. Thank you Top Lista for showing 'jota', which is the real national dance (you can find their own in all the regions of Spain), as well as 'muñeira', and flamenco too, obviously.
@@lp2395 all dance are happy here the flamenco same depende the style much slavic dance doing people of ballet perfect move and highlight. in the real dance the town perhaps are diferent more slow and no perfect and germanic dances are depresing slow, less moves
Folkdances are not so much a matter of countries but of regions. There is a big difference between regions in one country. For instance in France. A Breton dance is completely different from a dance from Poitou or the South-east of France, the North and zo many other regions. The Flemisch part of Belgium dances different from the southern - French speaking part, Ireland has much more than only stepdancing, and so on. But given all that. It was fun to watch
In Czech Republic too.. dances from Moravian Wallachia is tottaly different than dances from Bohemia.... dances from my region (wallachia) are more wild and faster, with cimbalon and violin live music...
And disadvantageously, pure hobby dancers were shown with professional (folk) show dancers. Even if the film recordings of performances by the professionals are obviously a few years old. The Slavic regions were known for their professional folk dancers. While in most other regions folk dancing remained a private pastime and club hobby. (Even if clubs often have performances and can appear professional, most of the costs are borne by the club members themselves, while the professional dancers can negotiate high fees for performances)
The English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish have many great traditional dances. The Morris dancers are often mocked in the UK but they are a great traditional group keeping the ‘faith’. I am 74 and remember all the dances we did in infant school and later and the folk songs too. I cried when I saw the Russian and Ukraine, so fabulous, God have mercy on us all.
Morris Dancers ALWAYS look like they're having their best day ever, and that makes it so fun to watch. I also love that York (IIRC) has preserved its traditional once Guild sponsored Mystery plays from the middle ages. It was truly magical to be able to see the exact same theater someone in the 13 or 1400's would have (can't say I can say the same about the Globe, I needed a seat back)
@@madlass3093easily. The dances are still different. We have non professional folk groups in many cities and villages and they dance the same dances. And as fast as professionals. Just with more breaks. The dancing style and rhythm is wastly different from the west in general.
@@vladjuryrigging i agree that what you say its true IN THIS PARTICULAR VIDEO. Alas the author chose snoozy Western dances (+ made by elders) vs lively Eastern dances. But there are soooo many more Western dances that are energetic and full of life, like Tarantella and all its variations (italy), CanCan (france), maypole dance (nordic countries)...the video doesnt do them justice imo
@@anhilatorofignorance2584 Are mad? Do you even know where Balkan is? Turkey is in the Balkans and they are not Slavic! Greece is in the Balkans, they are not Slavic, they were there for thousands of years before the Slavs started coming into the Balkans in the 6th century AD from the North-East, and so were the Albanians.
I think a lot of the difference between "slow" European and "demanding" Slavic dances comes from the fact that most European dances shown here are the original folk dances performed by amateur folk groups who do it as a hobby, some of them old people, not very fit or trained, while the Slavic dances shown are complex choreographed acts performed by professional folk ballet troupes who train 10 hours a day.
According to my own experience. All Slavic dances shown here are also original folk dances, the difference is in performance! I'll tell you what a huge difference it makes. It is important to understand that folklore is still alive in Slavic countries, in present, state visits are welcomed by people in folk costumes and treated with bread and salt. Songs, dances, traditions, costumes all this accompanies a person from birth. Folk music and dance also blend into modern music. Folklore in Slavic countries is not a resurrected corpse but living element. Example I will say, here in Slovakia, almost every small village/town has an amateur folklore ensemble, where people often grow up, spend their youth, adulthood, old age and excellently learn to perform folklore from their region - it is a joy but also a dressage since some dance elements are complicated. In larger cities, amateur ensembles then reach professional quality and create performances pleasing to the eye. For example, the amateur ensemble Lúčnica (which can be seen in the video) performed as the main program at UN in New York in 2017 or at the European Parliament. I note, that it is their hobby and not work. th-cam.com/video/eIflZR_v47E/w-d-xo.html&t th-cam.com/video/_xGe_QUkvUQ/w-d-xo.html&t Another amateurs th-cam.com/video/cOBJBhbNlBk/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/wbFmluCa2Uo/w-d-xo.html&t th-cam.com/video/ELuDhEaF040/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/t0csRkgEUCU/w-d-xo.html I recently saw videos from this year's Hello Schoten festival in Belgium, where folk dances from different countries were presented by folclore ensembles, among them Canada, Belgium, Netherland ... Honestly, even when young people danced, they did not differ in performance and technical difficulty from the dances in this video. Slovak "hobby" amateur ensemble FS Železiar ate them. Try enter in english to TH-cam - a Slovak/Slavic folk dance on street and a Western European professional folklore ensemble (except Ireland), then you will understand why the author made such a choice. :)
Not really. I was in amateur group and the dancing and music didn't change for us. We had to dance as fast as them. The difference was we die after one or two songs, but professionals can go for an hour nonstop. But karicka, polka or flaskovy, or odzemok rhythm and style stays the same no matter who dances it.
No tarantella from Italy? 🤔. Anyway, great video of a huge range of dances. Some professional, some not. The important thing is that music and dance are still with us. Long live!
the sad moment when your country is not presented in the video (even though my country is in Europe) ... every 4 years Estonia has a singing and folkdance celebration with many thousands of people participating and watching. The folkdance show had over 10 000 dancers this year (2019) (aged from kids up to elders) but I guess we are too small of a country to be in this video and it is very important if you put a video of a big concert/big festival or a school/small festival performance. It is not a balanced comparing.
I've seen some dancers from Estonia perform at a festival near me, and they were incredible. They had wonderful live music and performed all the dances perfectly. They should've definitely been included here.
@@moidryziвас еще не угнали в мясные штурмы? Нацизм - это надменность, а Победа России (СССР) в СВО вылечит бандеровцев от нацизма. О зверствах бандеровцев есть польский фильм ,, Волынь".
japanese people got their culture from China then killed millions of Chinese people the first chance you got. japanese people danced your traditional dance to celebrate the massacre of NanJing (NanKing).
Colourful traditional costumes, music, dancing beats,thumpings ,how beautifully the artists have managed their folk dance culture!This video has shown Europeans' glorious merriment, Thanks to Europe & the Videographer, & team for bringing this wonderful video, from India,
Вся подборка танцев прекрасна ! Как многогранный алмаз это собрание народных композиций ! Какие же мы разные и в то же время похожие ! Мира всем и процветания !❤❤❤❤❤
I'm Japanese expat living in US. So glad this came up recommended by YT today. I studies and performed traditional Japanese dance from 1600s (Noh theatre style=Mai) as well as 18th century style popular dance (Kabuki theatre style=Nihon Buyo). There are hundreds of different folk dances through out Japan. They have basics that are typical but individual micro cultures give so much varieties in flare and styles as well as melodies .rhythm and kimonos (costumes). Here I found many of these dances from different nations share basics that are influenced by whatever dominant culture of the time as they flow in or out from one area or the other. Then developed in their own way over many hundreds of years. It's very interesting to recognize eastern, western, northern, high steps as well as alps area in how certain type of culture might have moved in and stayed. I hope people of these countries will preserve these festive life affirming dances.
Unfortunately in many Western European countries folk dancing is a dying tradition. I was in an amateur folk dance group in France for a few years and we used to give performances but had to stop as members got older and hardly any younger people want to join. It's the same for many dance groups across the region. However Scottish dancing is still going quite strong. I also danced with a Scottish folk dance club and it seems to be more attractive to younger people and they have annual competitions. You can find lots of videos on TH-cam.
There is value in maintaining traditional cultures and dances. For the individual performing them it is also a wonderful enriching and engrossing experience, in a way that dancing in a club can't match.
I knew that Balkan dances are quite different compared to the rest of Europe, but I didn't know how different. Thank you for showing such a variety of European dances and this must be not even 1% of all folk dances. Each folklore region of each country has its own specific culture. I hope we won't lose this in the era of globalization.
@@thailux6494not entirely. Let's say Serbia. Depending of region, dances developed according to different foreign influences. Dances and music from North of Serbia are more similar to Croatian dances, regions near Bulgaria took some of their influences and dances from South Eastern Serbia kept some of Turkish.the folklore dance from Vojvodina is different from the one from Vranje.
@@thailux6494 not really. If anything, Turkish dances recieved more influence from Greek ones. What you see in the Balkans in terms of folklore is mostly a mix of Greek, other indigenous (Thracian Illyrian), Slavic and some Turkish influence.
As to me, both Serbian and Bulgarian as well as non represented Moldovan folk dances are obviously Turk-influenced ones having typical Turk dancing movements and accompanied by Turk-styled dancing music.
Как радостно смотреть на танцующих. И у них улыбки радости на лицах! Все из них - кто высокий, кто низкий, кто худой или полный, кто пожилой или молодой - все прекрасны в танце!!!
As an admirer of historical / traditional / folk dances of the nations of the world, it would be very cool if the names of these typical dances of the Europeans were also presented. I believe that *giving name to what has a name* is so important when locating it. . Although some of these dances coincide with some historical events that affect me negatively, I still find admirable every expression / manifestation of dance that still survives in this continent. Long live folk dance!
I'm perfectly aware I'm late, but here we go anyway. If you want, I have links for most of the Slavic dances alphabetically before Serbia which is a pain to track down. First dance for Poland is krakowiak. First dance for Czech Republic is polka/kreuzpolka combo. Second is positively Moravian but I can't name the exact dance. First Russian is something we call kozáček, kazachok should get you to where you need. Fourth Russian is a specific performance of the group Верёзка. It combines several dancing styles, kazachok for men and shortskirted women and a very specific type of dancing similar in leg technique to acharuli (Georgian) or Kazach dances for the long dress ladies. I'm going to risk it and say that one of the Hungarian dances might be czardas but that's just an extremely bold guess. I don't know the specific name for Bulgaria, but this is the video. I believe the name appears somewhere at the beginning: th-cam.com/video/ysLF7Ij-QiY/w-d-xo.html England should be Morris dancing but not sure. For Ireland, just look up Irish dancing. It probably has a name in Irish, but you'll find more using English anyway, sadly. Scottish dance is ceilidh. Scottish Highland dancing in English. First for Ukraine looks like a form of kazachok too, but the dances are probably just related rather than outright identical. Third Spanish dance is flamingo, but pretty sure that one is obvious. Sorry if it's a bit messy. Edits: Slovak dance is karička.
Well the first ukraine one is called the hopak. It's roots come from I think Zaporizhia from the cossacks. The men would fight (the Tatars who wanted to sell them as slaves and the Polish people who they used to belong to as surfs til they ran away I believe?) and then afterwards they'd return to safety to practice/show off fighting moves, dance and party. All 3 of these things got mixed together and that's where most of the male hopak solos came from, not that they really showed any here. They're dance-ified versions of fighting moves. Originally it was an all-male dance but war after war after war throughout Ukraine's history left most of the men dead, so women filled in (according to someone who majored in dance choreography in ukraine, the most significant war for the hopak was WW2. That's when women most prominently started showing up in these dances). Now it's a co-ed dance with the women showing off their gracefulness and men showing off their acrobatics and pseudo-fighting skills. Take all this with a grain of salt: I'm a Ukrainian dancer from Canada and I don't think you can verify much of this info online unless you know Ukrainian. Or rather, the information is there but it's always right beside stuff that's contradictory or just obviously wrong. Everything I know is from word of mouth in a continent spanning game of telephone that's lasted centuries. Edit: dance #2 looks like a comedy dance. I wonder why they included it? There's much better examples of Ukrainian dance out there. I can't pin down where the costumes are from Edit: dance #3 looks like a dance from the central region of Ukraine. There wouldn't be a name for it other than what the choreographer thought of
Dutch traditional dance is usually called klompendansen (clog dancing), I'm not sure what the different kinds are/if there are official/regional ones, but the main thing is that they tap out the rithm with the clogs and that it's usually danced in a big groep with men and women
At 11:33 that was so inexplicably nice and fun to see. A very interesting part of their dance, the way the dancer moved in the center with the way the others dance created a strange atmosphere. I was hooked on this moment and liked it.
I think it's because 1. The choreography is gorgeous and suits the music perfectly, 2. The girl's skirts have so much movement, they're doing a dance themselves. And most importantly 3. The girl in the centre isn't just dancing, she's performing the dance, living it. Every movement feels like it's trying to grab the audience and to convey what a fairytale version of a slovakian girl is like. It makes you forget you're watching a video on youtube, like when you read a really good book and forget where you are
Most of these folks dancing involved a lot of physical movements- and jumping is the main source of movement, as well as spinning. The beat of the music is also fast. Whereas the Cambodian folk dancing is very slow, gentle, and smooth, with soft rhythm of the music. So different.
Good obeservation! Btw: Do u have more collective dancing (pairs/circules..) or single dancing? I think European dancing involded primary as a group fun and showing off athletic skills as well as coordination within the one group. They ar way more impressive in a group rather then individual (girl's skirts moving, coordination, etc.). Also, these ar folk, So peasant dances, nobility had more smoth/slower dances. But this was a society heavily concentrated around agriculture, so good fitness and coordination were important as well as unity among ppl. I heard it was said that how the high jump Is, the grain will be high. So ppl were trying to compete and jump as high possible. Then secondary it's a ritual of seduction between sexes, boys showing off their straight and girls elegance, etc. But primary fitness of everyone I think. I think the hunter societies dances (like native American and African) ar imitations of wild animals and they also have many fight dances with intimidating purpuse. East Asien dances seems like a calm religious ritual resembling some kind of meditation. Something I can imagine in a temple. Artistic masterpiece demanding a lot of cencentration. Middle Eastern dances ar simular to the European, with some seductive sexual female dancing.
@@Anastazka00 Indian dances have a totally different feel to them and are very unique for having detailed music, stories and a repertoire for the last 2000years.
I am Dutch but I reconized and felt kinship with the Belgian dances. I am not really in the dance scene so I was confused where I reconized it from. Than I realized, I reconized it from my cultural history lessons! (I do a art education degree so we go in more detail) It seems, unsurpisingly that big parts of similar dances where practiced in both modern day Belgian and the Netherlands in the middle ages❤
Europe has some great cultures, languages, food, and folk dances. Please cherish and preserve it. Be proud of who you are. With love from the USA 🇺🇸❤️🤍💙🦅
Друг мой! Вы доброжелательный человек. США скоро погибнут, как Вавилон (центр зла на Земле). Описание гибели Вавилона есть в 18 главе Откровения Иоанна Богослова. Если у вас есть возможность, уезжайте из США.
Well, there certainly must be a second part to the video! Croatian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Montenegro, Moldovian, Hucul, Albanian... and - why not - Gypsy and Jewish dances! The Gypsy bands were professionals, collecting and exchanging the dancing culture between different people, at least where I live, in the south of Poland. Inviting a Gypsy ensemble was a must at the wedding. Then you would ask (and pay) whatever dance you wanted, they knew everything. Thank You for what you've done so far!
Болгарский танец роскошный, словацкий тоже, костюмы красивые, русский , чешский и вообще люблю я танцы народов мира каждый танец всех народов красив, люди объединяйтесь чего делить дружить надо а не воевать
28:35 Just for anyone wondering, the Irish song is 'reel around the sun.' It's my favorite Irish song, that's how i knew the title :) Jason Brown has done a marvelous ice-skating job on that song as well, really spectacular.
37:16 I'm from New Zealand but I have English, Scottish and Irish ancestry and I remember so well that we had to dance like this so many times but in Intermediate and initially lots of people hated but in the end I found it so bloody fun
Watching this right after watching dances from South Asia is super interesting. The south Asian dancers were almost always female and gave off a sort of otherworldly aura, like Goddesses using these peculiar and difficult movements to tell a story, often involving a lot of hand gestures and facial expressions. It's very clear to me that dance serves a different purpose for Europeans, our dances just seem much more carefree and have a sense of innocent romance to them since so many involve men and women dancing in harmony. It's interesting how different cultures can wind up doing the same thing, but in a way so different that it is nearly unrecognizable.
Sometimes i wish i was a pure bred. And had a heritage and culture to claim. Im mixed, and not living in the country i was born in or where my parents are from. Never felt like i belonged to either. As free spirited as it can be, sometimes it makes you feel like an outsider... lovely traditions and lovely cultures from europe and around the world.
As a Swedish-American Scandinavian folk dancer, I feel like most of the Nordic countries could've been better represented in terms of the actual dances. Although I guess it's hard to do in a video of this length. Some of my favorites for Sweden are Jössehäradspolska, Daldans, Fjällnäspolska, and Fryksdalsdans. I also love Nordlandspols, Sandsværril, and Gammel Reinlender for Norway. Denmark's Galop Kontra, Dronningens dans, Baglæns Kontrasejre, and Bitte mand i knibe are great too. Finland also has Kaustisen katrilli (I don't believe there's a video online), Inkerilainen katrilli, Tuusteppi, and of course the Finnish-Swedish dance Åttamanengel.
@@jeksixten5751 “Tap” dance of Ireland?! 😁 I must be getting old. I remember anything danced in hard shoes being called the ‘hornpipe’. The heels and toes of the hard shoes were reinforced with hard leather and short cobbler’s nails. The soft shoes for reels and jigs were called ‘poms’.
actually I recently have seen a documentary about the Neolithical time, could be also much later, I am not sure about this, but there was a slave trade in this time, people settling in the today UK would buy people from Eastern part of today´s Europe and this is also how the word "slave" is connected to Slawic people. Every time I go to the Balkan, because I have roots there and also to the UK I am all the time amazed with how some things are very alike, especially also how you make borders on farming sites (stone walls, hedges and stuff) and not really very square but more organic, it is the same in Balkan whereas in Switzerland where I live, it is very sharp, square and regulated and controlled.
@@whereisplain There was no United Kingdom in Neolithic times. The first Anglo Saxons (aka the English) didn’t arrive in Britain until 449 AD and the Celts who pre-dated them and who settled all over Britain, didn’t arrive until 600 BC. We don’t know much about the Neolithic people apart from the fact that they built Stonehenge in 2,500 BC. The Slavs were taken as slaves by many people, particularly the Vikings and the Spanish Muslims. By now, their descendants are thoroughly mixed in with the populations of Scandinavia and Spain respectively. The Vikings were very fond of hauling away slaves from Britain. They also liked Irish women, whom they brought to Iceland to set up home there. The Irish themselves were also very fond of taking slaves from Roman Britain, including one particular national saint - Saint Patrick. Meanwhile, Muslims from the Ottoman Empire took slaves from Ireland _and_ as far north as Iceland. In fact, on 20 June 1631, Muslim slavers from the Barbary Coast hauled away the entire village of Baltimore in Cork, Ireland and sold them in the slave market in Istanbul. And there are written accounts by an Icelandic man whose village was sold in the slave market. He managed to make it home but he never saw his young son again. In the distant past the whole world was full of people enslaving or being enslaved … or both. In fact, the captain of the ship that enslaved Baltimore was himself a freed slave.
@@Clodaghbob that´s kind of facts here, thanks! :D I was just about to explain about the connection of the word slave and Slaw, and that I see a lot of other connections with these cultures now.I didn´t need your whole other explanations but fine, it´s just mansplaining :D
I think it's only in Europe that he dances in melodic music in pairs. I do not count America (Mexico, US) because dances were taken by the Europeans there
I think Belgium, Slovakia, and Germany were my favorites. But there are so many it's hard to choose! A few of the clips were a bit hard to watch because of the filming, however I've seen Russian dances before and loved them. Of course, there are many different dances for each country that weren't shown here, and it also makes a difference who the dancers are. But I'm glad this video exists 👏🏼👏🏼😊
@@gbp4998Lol I'm glad you replied to this comment, cuz I was reminded of this video and watched it again. And even after 2 years, I still stand by my opinion. To me, folk dances should be energetic and able to be enjoyed/danced by everyone. I chose to name the ones I did for a few different reasons, one being that I can imagine common people through the decades and centuries dancing them together in a group. And being a dancer myself, many of the other ones felt too rigid -- more of a performance (which is totally fine), than a fun folk custom. Plus as I mentioned in my original comment, the clips chosen by the uploader do make a difference 😅 Music quality, filming, dancers etc. I'd love to hear what your favorites are, and those of anyone else who might see this comment ~
@@bobilaforce792 кожен фольклор аутентичен,!! Кожний народ особливий та неповторний! Але моя особиста думка, що саме Україна показала найбілш яскраве вбрання, складність танцювальних рухів та чудову музику.
The further East you go the more interesting the dances are culturally, like how the Russian dancers use similar hand movements to those you find in more southern Asian countries
I was pleasantly surprised to recognise the second English folk dance group (wearing yellow and green) and some of the dancers. They are from my city. They are one of several morris dance groups from Norwich; Kemp's Men.
The first dance shown for Italy is actually from the 'Palio del Baradello', an annual fair "reconstructing" medieval Como in the 12th century. So I'm not sure it can count as folk dance, I'd call it rather a reenactment of a dance that could have been done during those times...
What a delightful way to experience these cultures. Just wish that self important critics would realize that no one cares what they think. Enjoy the music, dancing and the striking costumes and be glad that they are still performing.
Europe shows its clear identity even through folk dance. National diversity within a thousands years old common European civilization. We must preserve our identities, people and culture against multi-culturalism! Congratulations for this video!
immigration has already existed for hundreds of years. your 'thousand year old common european civilization' was already multicultural before even your grandparents parents were born and guess what: nobody got any worse from it. get over yourself
There are already hundreds of cultures in europe alone, you'd have to chose just one culture if you're truly against multiculturalism. Otherwise, you're claiming all european culture is the same.
@@emmadrost1820 Silly girl! you don't understand or don't want to. By mixing all cultures and races are destroyed. What's left when all races are mixed? One beige-brown soup, that's it.
Kronus, dear, the history is too complex to be explained in only few sentences. And , yes, Balkans were the victims of Ottomans, but also of Habsburgs, Germans and still today western Europe has a questionable politics ( neoimperialism and hegemonic behavior) in the Balkans. But here is all about music and it is sad, how some people abuse this occasion to spit on each other.
im here after seeing african tribal dancing and wanting to see white people tribal , i mean folk dancing .... its interesting to see the difference.. both beautiful
High culture? People don't do these dances anymore because there is more exposure to the rest of the world now. European people chose other forms of music and dances instead of these ones in the video because it's their choice.
People, even if you don't find European folk dances that interesting, just give the appreciation to the centuries of culture and history that evolved to these dances. There are so many misconceptions today about the native people of Europe. People today claim that Europe has no culture, and yet they don't even bother to try and learn anything about its people. I study cultures because I find that sort of thing fascinating and genuinely interesting, but I never forget about the European cultural roots that are a part of who I am.
So please, all I'm asking is that you take the time to learn more about us before you see fit to judge us. You may find that we are more alike than we are different.
Thank you.
I see your point that's why I'm checking it out.
It's a lot of fun when you take part in them. It's great because you scream and it's super relaxing
It's sad ... but many people fell ashamed of their culture .... in my country it's dying ... dances, music styles, and other languages/dialects that NO ONE can speak anymore.
@@mie3657 what language do you speak?
@@youcanthandlethetruth8873 No its mainly people from the BRITISH ANGLOPHONE colonies (and for a good reason!!). Its because England has a young, transient and transplanted history and culture. Its basically a heavily watered down poor man's version of Celtic, French and Scandinavian culture. Everyone knows Irish have culture, French have culture, Spanish have culture, Italians have culture...but outside of scones and tea the English culture is kinda intangible or recognizable.
Very interesting how Western European dance is slower and more Walz like and Eastern European dance is very vast and demanding.
And the Balkan countries are all about dancing in a line holding hands.
Spain is diferent (dances for rituals or fest) and in the West the germanic people are so boring dances
@@chinchanchou I don't think so. Our best known dance is one that shows people looking like they're sad and/or angry, while all central and eastern dances seem happy and many are really difficult to dance. Thank you Top Lista for showing 'jota', which is the real national dance (you can find their own in all the regions of Spain), as well as 'muñeira', and flamenco too, obviously.
@@lp2395 all dance are happy here the flamenco same depende the style much slavic dance doing people of ballet perfect move and highlight. in the real dance the town perhaps are diferent more slow and no perfect and germanic dances are depresing slow, less moves
A bit of that is selection bias I think plenty of very British folk dances ie English and Scottish ceilidh music
Folkdances are not so much a matter of countries but of regions. There is a big difference between regions in one country. For instance in France. A Breton dance is completely different from a dance from Poitou or the South-east of France, the North and zo many other regions. The Flemisch part of Belgium dances different from the southern - French speaking part, Ireland has much more than only stepdancing, and so on.
But given all that. It was fun to watch
In italy too, I'm italian and i danced so many time my traditional dance but never saw this one lol
Correct but a regional video would last hours..
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In Czech Republic too.. dances from Moravian Wallachia is tottaly different than dances from Bohemia.... dances from my region (wallachia) are more wild and faster, with cimbalon and violin live music...
And disadvantageously, pure hobby dancers were shown with professional (folk) show dancers. Even if the film recordings of performances by the professionals are obviously a few years old.
The Slavic regions were known for their professional
folk dancers. While in most other regions folk dancing remained a private pastime and club hobby.
(Even if clubs often have performances and can appear professional, most of the costs are borne by the club members themselves, while the professional dancers can negotiate high fees for performances)
The English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish have many great traditional dances. The Morris dancers are often mocked in the UK but they are a great traditional group keeping the ‘faith’. I am 74 and remember all the dances we did in infant school and later and the folk songs too. I cried when I saw the Russian and Ukraine, so fabulous, God have mercy on us all.
Compare Morris dance with Călușul (a ritual dance in Romania) :
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Hi, I’m 21 and I Morris danced in school too. The dance isn’t dead yet!
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They have no historic connection.
Morris Dancers ALWAYS look like they're having their best day ever, and that makes it so fun to watch. I also love that York (IIRC) has preserved its traditional once Guild sponsored Mystery plays from the middle ages. It was truly magical to be able to see the exact same theater someone in the 13 or 1400's would have (can't say I can say the same about the Globe, I needed a seat back)
The best thing about Morris is that it was often used as an excuse to get hammered, that’s why they’re so giddy and silly
Slavic dances are so intense and passionate lol 😂😍
Passionate people have passionate dances.
You should see Goergian..
Bro they are made by dance companies, while the other Western ones are done in country fairs by elderly, how can one compare them
@@madlass3093easily. The dances are still different. We have non professional folk groups in many cities and villages and they dance the same dances. And as fast as professionals. Just with more breaks. The dancing style and rhythm is wastly different from the west in general.
@@vladjuryrigging i agree that what you say its true IN THIS PARTICULAR VIDEO. Alas the author chose snoozy Western dances (+ made by elders) vs lively Eastern dances. But there are soooo many more Western dances that are energetic and full of life, like Tarantella and all its variations (italy), CanCan (france), maypole dance (nordic countries)...the video doesnt do them justice imo
very well done l find the Balkan and Slavic dances most interesting!
Balkan people are also Slavic
@@anhilatorofignorance2584 Are mad? Do you even know where Balkan is? Turkey is in the Balkans and they are not Slavic! Greece is in the Balkans, they are not Slavic, they were there for thousands of years before the Slavs started coming into the Balkans in the 6th century AD from the North-East, and so were the Albanians.
@@mendjelire8392 Fax
Albanians, greeks, Turks and Romanians are in Balkans but none of them are slavic.
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I think a lot of the difference between "slow" European and "demanding" Slavic dances comes from the fact that most European dances shown here are the original folk dances performed by amateur folk groups who do it as a hobby, some of them old people, not very fit or trained, while the Slavic dances shown are complex choreographed acts performed by professional folk ballet troupes who train 10 hours a day.
Yes but no. No matter who is dancing, the dances are inherently different
According to my own experience. All Slavic dances shown here are also original folk dances, the difference is in performance! I'll tell you what a huge difference it makes. It is important to understand that folklore is still alive in Slavic countries, in present, state visits are welcomed by people in folk costumes and treated with bread and salt. Songs, dances, traditions, costumes all this accompanies a person from birth. Folk music and dance also blend into modern music. Folklore in Slavic countries is not a resurrected corpse but living element. Example I will say, here in Slovakia, almost every small village/town has an amateur folklore ensemble, where people often grow up, spend their youth, adulthood, old age and excellently learn to perform folklore from their region - it is a joy but also a dressage since some dance elements are complicated. In larger cities, amateur ensembles then reach professional quality and create performances pleasing to the eye. For example, the amateur ensemble Lúčnica (which can be seen in the video) performed as the main program at UN in New York in 2017 or at the European Parliament. I note, that it is their hobby and not work. th-cam.com/video/eIflZR_v47E/w-d-xo.html&t th-cam.com/video/_xGe_QUkvUQ/w-d-xo.html&t
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I recently saw videos from this year's Hello Schoten festival in Belgium, where folk dances from different countries were presented by folclore ensembles, among them Canada, Belgium, Netherland ... Honestly, even when young people danced, they did not differ in performance and technical difficulty from the dances in this video. Slovak "hobby" amateur ensemble FS Železiar ate them.
Try enter in english to TH-cam - a Slovak/Slavic folk dance on street and a Western European professional folklore ensemble (except Ireland), then you will understand why the author made such a choice. :)
I'm a folk dancer from macedonia, and i do dance as a hobby for am hour 2 times a week and we learn complex choreographies
yeah eastern europeans shown may be professional dancers, but the dances are traditional (not made up), they were always that active and difficult
Not really. I was in amateur group and the dancing and music didn't change for us. We had to dance as fast as them. The difference was we die after one or two songs, but professionals can go for an hour nonstop. But karicka, polka or flaskovy, or odzemok rhythm and style stays the same no matter who dances it.
God bless Europe
Save* please
@@freebidou i hope so it would be sad if would Loos our Rich culture
No tarantella from Italy? 🤔. Anyway, great video of a huge range of dances. Some professional, some not. The important thing is that music and dance are still with us.
Long live!
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God bless darkness to racist looters Europe
"No" instead of "Norway" LOL that's funny
😂 I am glad is clarified. I was thinking, "And where are you from?" ... :"No".
It's the abbreviation
EUROPE is full of CULTURES. Let's keep them ALL and feel PRIDE of them. ❤
TRUE :)
the sad moment when your country is not presented in the video (even though my country is in Europe) ... every 4 years Estonia has a singing and folkdance celebration with many thousands of people participating and watching. The folkdance show had over 10 000 dancers this year (2019) (aged from kids up to elders) but I guess we are too small of a country to be in this video
and it is very important if you put a video of a big concert/big festival or a school/small festival performance. It is not a balanced comparing.
I've seen some dancers from Estonia perform at a festival near me, and they were incredible. They had wonderful live music and performed all the dances perfectly. They should've definitely been included here.
I will put Estonia when I have time to make part 2 of this
The imoression I got is that many western European countries dont hold festivals or theaters with their traditional folk dance. I hope Im wrong.
Same
Don't forget Latvia and Lithuania XD
Танец - это душа народа! Каждая культура есть драгоценность, которую необходимо хранить, беречь и приумножать!
35:42 those portuguese skirts are so mesmerising to watch!
I know i have one when a was part of the folk ( I am Portuguese )
Awesome. Our world is so culturally rich/ Let's preserve it, not destroy it.
Notice how the sense of togetherness as a community is so prominent in these dances...
Yeah, it's really pretty
Не притесь с войной на чужие земли, и не воруйте елементы украинского гопака!
@@moidryziвас еще не угнали в мясные штурмы? Нацизм - это надменность, а Победа России (СССР) в СВО вылечит бандеровцев от нацизма. О зверствах бандеровцев есть польский фильм ,, Волынь".
We are the European people and we are proud about this!
There is a lot of countries in Europe, a lot of cultures. But EU is an artificial construction. Like a Patchwork
You're right, maybe people feel that way. Humanly, we are close to each other, and the EU is driving us against each other.
I like the Bulgarian music -- it sent shivers down my spine.
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No kidding! Gorgeous
Bugarian love their folk music. I recommend you listen to some Nikolina Chakardakova. Great singer
Also, the name of the Bulgarian dance is horo
East European Slavic dance is amazing! Greetings from Japan.
japanese people got their culture from China then killed millions of Chinese people the first chance you got. japanese people danced your traditional dance to celebrate the massacre of NanJing (NanKing).
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Some of us aren't slavs
@@BananLord facts
Thanks for this rich traditional cultural dance of Europe,
Go Bulgaria! Awesome and complex music and dances.
Colourful traditional costumes, music, dancing beats,thumpings ,how beautifully the artists have managed their folk dance culture!This video has shown Europeans' glorious merriment, Thanks to Europe & the Videographer, & team for bringing this wonderful video, from India,
Eastern European dances are 🔥🔥🔥
Вся подборка танцев прекрасна ! Как многогранный алмаз это собрание народных композиций ! Какие же мы разные и в то же время похожие ! Мира всем и процветания !❤❤❤❤❤
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Imagine you're in a forrest in bulgaria and people suddenly start singing and running towards you like this.
I'd be like let me join
Lol
How beautifully diverse Europe is! Serbia, Romania, Slovakia and Portugals are my favorites from this selection.
I'm Japanese expat living in US. So glad this came up recommended by YT today.
I studies and performed traditional Japanese dance from 1600s (Noh theatre style=Mai)
as well as 18th century style popular dance (Kabuki theatre style=Nihon Buyo).
There are hundreds of different folk dances through out Japan.
They have basics that are typical but individual micro cultures give so much varieties in flare and styles as well as melodies .rhythm and kimonos (costumes).
Here I found many of these dances from different nations share basics that are influenced by whatever dominant culture of the time as they flow in or out from one area or the other.
Then developed in their own way over many hundreds of years.
It's very interesting to recognize eastern, western, northern, high steps as well as alps area
in how certain type of culture might have moved in and stayed.
I hope people of these countries will preserve these festive life affirming dances.
Unfortunately in many Western European countries folk dancing is a dying tradition. I was in an amateur folk dance group in France for a few years and we used to give performances but had to stop as members got older and hardly any younger people want to join. It's the same for many dance groups across the region. However Scottish dancing is still going quite strong. I also danced with a Scottish folk dance club and it seems to be more attractive to younger people and they have annual competitions. You can find lots of videos on TH-cam.
ohh interesting, I studied dance science here in Switzerland, please give us insights about Japanese traditional dance on your channel🤩
クロアチアの歌は日本の学部の国歌です！
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戦いに！ 関西学院グリークラブ
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戦いで、戦いで - 合唱団の合同演奏
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LADO in USA and Canada 2009/パート1
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プリゴリエの踊り
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BEĆARINE & KUD GORJANAC - ホワイトルビー
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ゴルジャニ - 場所、人々、アイデンティティ、遺産
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アンサンブル・ラド・ザゴリエのドラマー
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アンサンブル・ラド 1999 こんばんは、良い人たちです
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ドルメシュ LD プリゴリエ
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西スラヴォニアのゲーム (「Cikni lolo」) - Ensemble Kolo
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アンサンブル・ラド 1999 こんばんは、良い人たちです
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There is value in maintaining traditional cultures and dances. For the individual performing them it is also a wonderful enriching and engrossing experience, in a way that dancing in a club can't match.
Bulgaria is the best!!!! Incredible..amazing!!!!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!- Bulgarian
@@kikiikulova580 it's gorgeous! I really love the song
I knew that Balkan dances are quite different compared to the rest of Europe, but I didn't know how different. Thank you for showing such a variety of European dances and this must be not even 1% of all folk dances. Each folklore region of each country has its own specific culture. I hope we won't lose this in the era of globalization.
Balkan dances are like this probably due to Ottoman influence, I’d say.
Their whole culture is quite different 😅
@@Sara-gl2mg They do have influence of Ottoman.
@@thailux6494not entirely. Let's say Serbia. Depending of region, dances developed according to different foreign influences. Dances and music from North of Serbia are more similar to Croatian dances, regions near Bulgaria took some of their influences and dances from South Eastern Serbia kept some of Turkish.the folklore dance from Vojvodina is different from the one from Vranje.
@@thailux6494 not really. If anything, Turkish dances recieved more influence from Greek ones. What you see in the Balkans in terms of folklore is mostly a mix of Greek, other indigenous (Thracian Illyrian), Slavic and some Turkish influence.
Serbian and bulgarian dances are amazing
Yes🇧🇬❤️
@@janakolasinac1686 zaboravio si Makedoniju 😁
@@vesnanuspahic7510 то ти е България
As to me, both Serbian and Bulgarian as well as non represented Moldovan folk dances are obviously Turk-influenced ones having typical Turk dancing movements and accompanied by Turk-styled dancing music.
@@ИгорьБулычев-у3зYou don' t know nothing about Slavic people...and talks.....🤮😡
Gosh Bulgarias first dance feels so fast, I couldn't keep up
We have like a hundred or so, some fast some slow. We really like them and are really happy at how they turned out with folk songs too.
Как радостно смотреть на танцующих. И у них улыбки радости на лицах! Все из них - кто высокий, кто низкий, кто худой или полный, кто пожилой или молодой - все прекрасны в танце!!!
As an admirer of historical / traditional / folk dances of the nations of the world, it would be very cool if the names of these typical dances of the Europeans were also presented. I believe that *giving name to what has a name* is so important when locating it.
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Although some of these dances coincide with some historical events that affect me negatively, I still find admirable every expression / manifestation of dance that still survives in this continent. Long live folk dance!
I'm perfectly aware I'm late, but here we go anyway. If you want, I have links for most of the Slavic dances alphabetically before Serbia which is a pain to track down.
First dance for Poland is krakowiak.
First dance for Czech Republic is polka/kreuzpolka combo. Second is positively Moravian but I can't name the exact dance.
First Russian is something we call kozáček, kazachok should get you to where you need. Fourth Russian is a specific performance of the group Верёзка. It combines several dancing styles, kazachok for men and shortskirted women and a very specific type of dancing similar in leg technique to acharuli (Georgian) or Kazach dances for the long dress ladies.
I'm going to risk it and say that one of the Hungarian dances might be czardas but that's just an extremely bold guess.
I don't know the specific name for Bulgaria, but this is the video. I believe the name appears somewhere at the beginning: th-cam.com/video/ysLF7Ij-QiY/w-d-xo.html
England should be Morris dancing but not sure.
For Ireland, just look up Irish dancing. It probably has a name in Irish, but you'll find more using English anyway, sadly.
Scottish dance is ceilidh. Scottish Highland dancing in English.
First for Ukraine looks like a form of kazachok too, but the dances are probably just related rather than outright identical.
Third Spanish dance is flamingo, but pretty sure that one is obvious.
Sorry if it's a bit messy.
Edits: Slovak dance is karička.
Well the first ukraine one is called the hopak. It's roots come from I think Zaporizhia from the cossacks. The men would fight (the Tatars who wanted to sell them as slaves and the Polish people who they used to belong to as surfs til they ran away I believe?) and then afterwards they'd return to safety to practice/show off fighting moves, dance and party. All 3 of these things got mixed together and that's where most of the male hopak solos came from, not that they really showed any here. They're dance-ified versions of fighting moves.
Originally it was an all-male dance but war after war after war throughout Ukraine's history left most of the men dead, so women filled in (according to someone who majored in dance choreography in ukraine, the most significant war for the hopak was WW2. That's when women most prominently started showing up in these dances). Now it's a co-ed dance with the women showing off their gracefulness and men showing off their acrobatics and pseudo-fighting skills.
Take all this with a grain of salt: I'm a Ukrainian dancer from Canada and I don't think you can verify much of this info online unless you know Ukrainian. Or rather, the information is there but it's always right beside stuff that's contradictory or just obviously wrong. Everything I know is from word of mouth in a continent spanning game of telephone that's lasted centuries.
Edit: dance #2 looks like a comedy dance. I wonder why they included it? There's much better examples of Ukrainian dance out there. I can't pin down where the costumes are from
Edit: dance #3 looks like a dance from the central region of Ukraine. There wouldn't be a name for it other than what the choreographer thought of
@@ZeLeninovoMasoveRizoto can you send me those links? I really really love slavic dancing
Dutch traditional dance is usually called klompendansen (clog dancing), I'm not sure what the different kinds are/if there are official/regional ones, but the main thing is that they tap out the rithm with the clogs and that it's usually danced in a big groep with men and women
They are all perfection, grace and elegance! Protect Europe!
Большое спасибо автору за подборку! Очень интересно и познавательно!
Polish dances and costumes are impressive.
Очень интересное видео.Авторы молодцы!Как много общего в славянских танцах!Это радует.
At 11:33 that was so inexplicably nice and fun to see. A very interesting part of their dance, the way the dancer moved in the center with the way the others dance created a strange atmosphere. I was hooked on this moment and liked it.
I think it's because 1. The choreography is gorgeous and suits the music perfectly, 2. The girl's skirts have so much movement, they're doing a dance themselves. And most importantly 3. The girl in the centre isn't just dancing, she's performing the dance, living it. Every movement feels like it's trying to grab the audience and to convey what a fairytale version of a slovakian girl is like. It makes you forget you're watching a video on youtube, like when you read a really good book and forget where you are
I love all the time and effort that was put in this video
Slavic dances are the best
dohaeng82 this is very truth!
very circus
Just watch Georgian dances
@@stonerdoom6502 i love georgian folk dances
@@saarinenj1 Thanks!
Most of these folks dancing involved a lot of physical movements- and jumping is the main source of movement, as well as spinning. The beat of the music is also fast. Whereas the Cambodian folk dancing is very slow, gentle, and smooth, with soft rhythm of the music. So different.
Good obeservation!
Btw: Do u have more collective dancing (pairs/circules..) or single dancing?
I think European dancing involded primary as a group fun and showing off athletic skills as well as coordination within the one group. They ar way more impressive in a group rather then individual (girl's skirts moving, coordination, etc.). Also, these ar folk, So peasant dances, nobility had more smoth/slower dances. But this was a society heavily concentrated around agriculture, so good fitness and coordination were important as well as unity among ppl. I heard it was said that how the high jump Is, the grain will be high. So ppl were trying to compete and jump as high possible. Then secondary it's a ritual of seduction between sexes, boys showing off their straight and girls elegance, etc. But primary fitness of everyone I think.
I think the hunter societies dances (like native American and African) ar imitations of wild animals and they also have many fight dances with intimidating purpuse.
East Asien dances seems like a calm religious ritual resembling some kind of meditation. Something I can imagine in a temple. Artistic masterpiece demanding a lot of cencentration.
Middle Eastern dances ar simular to the European, with some seductive sexual female dancing.
I can say in general, Asian folk dances have much more hand movement. While European dances are mostly based on footwork.
The heat and humidity of the tropics would make vigorous dancing unpleasant.
@@Anastazka00 Indian dances have a totally different feel to them and are very unique for having detailed music, stories and a repertoire for the last 2000years.
The Belgian dances are so cute! Really enjoyed this video, it's fun to see how dances differ across Europe.
I am Dutch but I reconized and felt kinship with the Belgian dances. I am not really in the dance scene so I was confused where I reconized it from.
Than I realized, I reconized it from my cultural history lessons! (I do a art education degree so we go in more detail)
It seems, unsurpisingly that big parts of similar dances where practiced in both modern day Belgian and the Netherlands in the middle ages❤
Europe has some great cultures, languages, food, and folk dances. Please cherish and preserve it. Be proud of who you are. With love from the USA 🇺🇸❤️🤍💙🦅
Soon its too late
@@ragnarostbrok1254 sad
@@stringlightdoggy da
Друг мой! Вы доброжелательный человек. США скоро погибнут, как Вавилон (центр зла на Земле). Описание гибели Вавилона есть в 18 главе Откровения Иоанна Богослова. Если у вас есть возможность, уезжайте из США.
@@ragnarostbrok1254 do you mean Да?
Children : Mom, can we have a Beyblade?
Mom : No, we have Beyblade at home.
Beyblade at home : 25:59
Awesome m8! GREAT JOB! 8/8 GREETINGS FROM SPAIN!
Well, there certainly must be a second part to the video! Croatian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Montenegro, Moldovian, Hucul, Albanian... and - why not - Gypsy and Jewish dances! The Gypsy bands were professionals, collecting and exchanging the dancing culture between different people, at least where I live, in the south of Poland. Inviting a Gypsy ensemble was a must at the wedding. Then you would ask (and pay) whatever dance you wanted, they knew everything. Thank You for what you've done so far!
Great variation of folk-dances around Europe... Lovely to watch and hear (Even though there are some better ones from The Netherlands hihi)
Geloof het niet, volgens mij alleen maar saaie meuk
Болгарский танец роскошный, словацкий тоже, костюмы красивые, русский , чешский и вообще люблю я танцы народов мира каждый танец всех народов красив, люди объединяйтесь чего делить дружить надо а не воевать
28:35 Just for anyone wondering, the Irish song is 'reel around the sun.'
It's my favorite Irish song, that's how i knew the title :) Jason Brown has done a marvelous ice-skating job on that song as well, really spectacular.
So cool seeing all the traditional European dances of the world I love it great video!
Absolutely loved the variety of costumes. Thank you. A smile on my face from this absolutely fun hour. Will forward.
I love slavic dances ❤️ from INDIA🇮🇳❤️
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You should call them Balkanic as not everyone in the Balkans are slavs
@@BananLordwho said he was talking about balkans
Mediterranean and Eastern Europeans ( Slavic,Balkan) are much more interesting in my opinion.
And celtic dances( Bretons of France, Irish )
Какие интересные у всех культуры! Любопытно было увидеть закономерность в танцах, благодарю за ролик 🥰
I am so sorry but its so fun watching Netherland after Bulgaria :D :D :D :D
37:16 I'm from New Zealand but I have English, Scottish and Irish ancestry and I remember so well that we had to dance like this so many times but in Intermediate and initially lots of people hated but in the end I found it so bloody fun
It's good exercise.
We did it at school here in Australia too
Scottish Bravemen
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The balkans were the best
Słowiańskie tańce są najbardziej żywiołowe !
The Belgian dance reminded me a lot of the dance scene from Tangled! A very beautiful and lively dance.
Merci pour cette magnifique vidéo bien représentative de l'incroyable richesse de l'Europe dans le domaine de la danse, entre autres.
Watching this right after watching dances from South Asia is super interesting. The south Asian dancers were almost always female and gave off a sort of otherworldly aura, like Goddesses using these peculiar and difficult movements to tell a story, often involving a lot of hand gestures and facial expressions. It's very clear to me that dance serves a different purpose for Europeans, our dances just seem much more carefree and have a sense of innocent romance to them since so many involve men and women dancing in harmony. It's interesting how different cultures can wind up doing the same thing, but in a way so different that it is nearly unrecognizable.
17:35 the way the video moves is blowing me away. I feel like I'm watching it with my own eyes.
I love all of the dances from this video great job!
Great show! Styles of dresses, styles of dancing...
26:01 wtf is that????
It's Beyblade
Hhaahhahahahhaha
:/ pls don’t make fun of the Dance if you are
What happens when a Cossack has too much to drink AKA 24/7
America hasnt dance shut up
its so lovely to say all these dances, im a dancer myself ( i do folk danses in holland) i love how all the people come togheter when they dance
I love how you can see a pattern throughout most European cultures
Sometimes i wish i was a pure bred. And had a heritage and culture to claim. Im mixed, and not living in the country i was born in or where my parents are from. Never felt like i belonged to either. As free spirited as it can be, sometimes it makes you feel like an outsider... lovely traditions and lovely cultures from europe and around the world.
The most athletic folk dances that I have tried are Eastern Slavic and Northern Chinese Drum Dance.
As a Swedish-American Scandinavian folk dancer, I feel like most of the Nordic countries could've been better represented in terms of the actual dances. Although I guess it's hard to do in a video of this length. Some of my favorites for Sweden are Jössehäradspolska, Daldans, Fjällnäspolska, and Fryksdalsdans. I also love Nordlandspols, Sandsværril, and Gammel Reinlender for Norway. Denmark's Galop Kontra, Dronningens dans, Baglæns Kontrasejre, and Bitte mand i knibe are great too. Finland also has Kaustisen katrilli (I don't believe there's a video online), Inkerilainen katrilli, Tuusteppi, and of course the Finnish-Swedish dance Åttamanengel.
Don't forget the norweigan Hallingdans 👍 th-cam.com/video/T-_MMSEZSs8/w-d-xo.html
Thanks!
Skandinavia has the most upbeat dances ,costumes and the Hambo would have been a perfect fit to watch.
Norwegian Halling can be like kung-fu but here they showed a guy who missed the hat...
I think I've managed to identify the difference between professional dance groups on a stage and ordinary people dancing in the village.
Slovakia was beautiful! ❤️❤️
Indeed!!! Your dresses for woman are so elegant
As impressive as Czechs.
Slovakia?=HUNGARY
@@zola2116 no
@@Kasztan3945 But!
As an Irishman and lover of Celtic music in general, I have to say that the Belorussian dance was my favourite. There's a little Slav in all of us.
How about Flamenco? well I love the Tap Dance of Ireland too
@@jeksixten5751 “Tap” dance of Ireland?! 😁 I must be getting old. I remember anything danced in hard shoes being called the ‘hornpipe’. The heels and toes of the hard shoes were reinforced with hard leather and short cobbler’s nails. The soft shoes for reels and jigs were called ‘poms’.
actually I recently have seen a documentary about the Neolithical time, could be also much later, I am not sure about this, but there was a slave trade in this time, people settling in the today UK would buy people from Eastern part of today´s Europe and this is also how the word "slave" is connected to Slawic people. Every time I go to the Balkan, because I have roots there and also to the UK I am all the time amazed with how some things are very alike, especially also how you make borders on farming sites (stone walls, hedges and stuff) and not really very square but more organic, it is the same in Balkan whereas in Switzerland where I live, it is very sharp, square and regulated and controlled.
@@whereisplain There was no United Kingdom in Neolithic times. The first Anglo Saxons (aka the English) didn’t arrive in Britain until 449 AD and the Celts who pre-dated them and who settled all over Britain, didn’t arrive until 600 BC. We don’t know much about the Neolithic people apart from the fact that they built Stonehenge in 2,500 BC.
The Slavs were taken as slaves by many people, particularly the Vikings and the Spanish Muslims. By now, their descendants are thoroughly mixed in with the populations of Scandinavia and Spain respectively.
The Vikings were very fond of hauling away slaves from Britain. They also liked Irish women, whom they brought to Iceland to set up home there. The Irish themselves were also very fond of taking slaves from Roman Britain, including one particular national saint - Saint Patrick. Meanwhile, Muslims from the Ottoman Empire took slaves from Ireland _and_ as far north as Iceland. In fact, on 20 June 1631, Muslim slavers from the Barbary Coast hauled away the entire village of Baltimore in Cork, Ireland and sold them in the slave market in Istanbul. And there are written accounts by an Icelandic man whose village was sold in the slave market. He managed to make it home but he never saw his young son again.
In the distant past the whole world was full of people enslaving or being enslaved … or both. In fact, the captain of the ship that enslaved Baltimore was himself a freed slave.
@@Clodaghbob that´s kind of facts here, thanks! :D I was just about to explain about the connection of the word slave and Slaw, and that I see a lot of other connections with these cultures now.I didn´t need your whole other explanations but fine, it´s just mansplaining :D
Awesome! Absolutely fantastic. Thanks for the hard work to get this together.👍
I think it's only in Europe that he dances in melodic music in pairs. I do not count America (Mexico, US) because dances were taken by the Europeans there
I think Belgium, Slovakia, and Germany were my favorites. But there are so many it's hard to choose!
A few of the clips were a bit hard to watch because of the filming, however I've seen Russian dances before and loved them. Of course, there are many different dances for each country that weren't shown here, and it also makes a difference who the dancers are.
But I'm glad this video exists 👏🏼👏🏼😊
Oh God, they were the most boring dances and don't require any effort.
@@gbp4998Lol I'm glad you replied to this comment, cuz I was reminded of this video and watched it again.
And even after 2 years, I still stand by my opinion. To me, folk dances should be energetic and able to be enjoyed/danced by everyone. I chose to name the ones I did for a few different reasons, one being that I can imagine common people through the decades and centuries dancing them together in a group.
And being a dancer myself, many of the other ones felt too rigid -- more of a performance (which is totally fine), than a fun folk custom.
Plus as I mentioned in my original comment, the clips chosen by the uploader do make a difference 😅
Music quality, filming, dancers etc.
I'd love to hear what your favorites are, and those of anyone else who might see this comment ~
The English traditional dancers are called Morris Men, if anyone’s curious.
correlations...
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Romanian here 🇷🇴
They should have added the Hora dance, cuz thats the most popular dance in my country ❤
Exactly...
plus ”Călușul”, ”Sârba”, ”Bătuta”, ”Învârtita”, ”Fecioreasca”, ”Berbuncul”.. : )
@@ionbrad6753 Sârba e 💯💯💯
Probably the Romanians could have more and diverse dances than all other countries here, they just showed only some one of most unimaginative one.
Interestingly, the last Romanian dance they showed is one I used to dance in France!
Slavs dancing ;)
Греческий похож на венгерский, мне показалось.
А позже показали совсем иначе.
The best
ми словени имамо најбољи фолклор, аутентичан, богат и ритмом и бојама!
@@bobilaforce792 кожен фольклор аутентичен,!! Кожний народ особливий та неповторний! Але моя особиста думка, що саме Україна показала найбілш яскраве вбрання, складність танцювальних рухів та чудову музику.
Это самое ценное, что есть у народов Мира - народное творчество!!! В каждом танце есть своя изюминка. Очень красиво!
Hermosísima exhibición!! Gracias por este aporte a nuestra cultura sudamericana!
The further East you go the more interesting the dances are culturally, like how the Russian dancers use similar hand movements to those you find in more southern Asian countries
These movements are actually from the Caucasians and not Russian
Very pretty women. Europe, don't forget your cultures.
I was pleasantly surprised to recognise the second English folk dance group (wearing yellow and green) and some of the dancers. They are from my city. They are one of several morris dance groups from Norwich; Kemp's Men.
おとぎ話で出てきそうな踊りばっかりで、とても素敵です。
いつかは自分もその場で観てみたいものです。
The first dance shown for Italy is actually from the 'Palio del Baradello', an annual fair "reconstructing" medieval Como in the 12th century. So I'm not sure it can count as folk dance, I'd call it rather a reenactment of a dance that could have been done during those times...
A wonderful mix! Very enjoyable!
What a delightful way to experience these cultures. Just wish that self important critics would realize that no one cares what they think. Enjoy the music, dancing and the striking costumes and be glad that they are still performing.
I’m probably biased but my favourite folk dances are the ones from Portugal. 🥰 Europe is lucky to have so many pretty dances from east to west!
Bulgaria ultra instinct 😉
Europe shows its clear identity even through folk dance.
National diversity within a thousands years old common European civilization.
We must preserve our identities, people and culture against multi-culturalism!
Congratulations for this video!
immigration has already existed for hundreds of years. your 'thousand year old common european civilization' was already multicultural before even your grandparents parents were born and guess what: nobody got any worse from it. get over yourself
There are already hundreds of cultures in europe alone, you'd have to chose just one culture if you're truly against multiculturalism. Otherwise, you're claiming all european culture is the same.
@@tobias.3335 by multiculturalism they mean mixing cultures from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, etc. with European cultures. That is a NO.
@@emmadrost1820 Silly girl! you don't understand or don't want to. By mixing all cultures and races are destroyed. What's left when all races are mixed? One beige-brown soup, that's it.
One of the best and most famous dance in Europe is flamenco, a type of music and dance created thanks to that multi-culturalism in Al Andalus.
Kronus, dear, the history is too complex to be explained in only few sentences. And , yes, Balkans were the victims of Ottomans, but also of Habsburgs, Germans and still today western Europe has a questionable politics ( neoimperialism and hegemonic behavior) in the Balkans.
But here is all about music and it is sad, how some people abuse this occasion to spit on each other.
На мій погляд дуже цікаво. Багато елементів у танцях схожі, але кожен національний танець має свої характерні відмінності. Дякую за це відео.
My fav one was Finland but the slavic ones were cool
im here after seeing african tribal dancing and wanting to see white people tribal , i mean folk dancing .... its interesting to see the difference.. both beautiful
These dances are beautiful 💖🤩 I love it. It makes me feel like joining them. They are so festive.
Wow the Serbian was my favourite!
So simular and different at the same time!
Balkan dance the best 😉
The sad reality is that European high culture is being erased by consumerism.
High culture? People don't do these dances anymore because there is more exposure to the rest of the world now. European people chose other forms of music and dances instead of these ones in the video because it's their choice.
What
so wonderful thanks for share it.