Circle dance: Difference between revisions

Modern circle dancing is found in many cultures, including [[Arab culture|Arabic]] ([[Levant]]ian, [[music of Iraq|Iraqi]], [[music of Iran|Iranian]], [[music of Lebanon|Lebanese]], [[music of Syria|Syrian]], [[music of Jordan|Jordanian]], [[music of Palestine|Palestinian]], [[music of Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabian]], [[music of the United Arab Emirates|Emirati]], [[Music of Oman|Omani]], and [[Music of Yemen|Yemeni]]), [[Culture of Israel|Israeli]] (see [[Jewish dance]] and [[Israeli folk dancing]]), [[music of Egypt|Egyptian]], [[music of Morocco|Moroccan]], [[Music of Libya|Libyan]], [[south luri dance|Luri]], [[music of Cape Verde|Cape Verdean]], [[Assyrian folk dance|Assyrian]], [[Kurdish dance|Kurdish]], [[Turkish dance|Turkish]], [[Armenian dance|Armenian]], [[Georgian dance|Georgian]], [[Azerbaijani folk music|Azerbaijani]], [[Music of Turkmenistan|Turkmenstani]], [[Music of Afghanistan|Afghan]], [[Culture of Malta|Maltese]], [[Music of Cyprus|Cypriot]], [[Balkan Music|Balkan]], [[Ukrainian dance|Ukrainian]], [[Russian folk dance|Russian]], [[Lithuanian folk music|Lithuanian]], [[Bulgarian folk dance|Bulgarian]], [[Belarusian folk dance|Belarusian]], [[Music of Estonia|Estonian]], [[Music of Romania|Romanian]], [[List of Albanian dances|Albanian]], [[Music of North Macedonia|North Macedonian]], [[Greek dances|Greek]], [[Italian folk dance|Italian]], [[Music of Spain|Spanish]], [[Music of Portugal|Portuguese]], [[Music of France|French]], [[Culture of Switzerland|Swiss]], [[Polish folk dances|Polish]], and [[German dance|German]]. It also found in South Asia such as [[Nati (dance)|Nati]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Harul]] of [[Uttarakhand]], [[Wanvun]] of [[Kashmir]], [[Jhumair]] of [[Jharkhand]], [[Fugdi]] of [[Goa]], [[Deuda (genre)|Deuda]] and [[Dhan Nach]] of [[Dance in Nepal|Nepal]], [[Khattak dance|Khattak]] of [[Music of Pakistan|Pakistan]], and [[Kandyan dance|Kandyan]] of [[Dance in Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]]. Despite its immense reputation in the [[Southern Europe|Mediterranean]], [[Eastern Europe]], [[The Middle East]], [[North Africa]], and [[South Asia]] as well as [[Jewish culture]], circle dancing also has a historical prominence in The [[Scandinavia|Scandinavian]] region ([[Culture of Norway|Norway]], The [[Culture of Sweden|Sweden]], [[Culture of Finland|Finland]], [[Culture of Denmark|Denmark]], The [[Culture of the Faroe Islands|Faroe Islands]], [[Culture of Iceland|Iceland]], and [[Culture of Greenland|Greenland]]), [[Brittany]], [[Asturias]], [[Catalonia]], [[Irish dance|Ireland]], [[Northern Ireland]], [[Scottish country dance|Scotland]], and [[Welsh dance|Wales]] to the [[Western Europe|west of Europe]], [[South America]] ([[Culture of Peru|Peru]], [[Culture of Brazil|Brazil]], [[Culture of Colombia|Colombia]], [[Culture of Argentina|Argentina]], [[Culture of Venezuela|Venezuela]]), [[Central America]] ([[Culture of Mexico|Mexico]], [[Culture of Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]], [[Culture of Cuba|Cuba]], [[Culture of the Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic]], [[Culture of Dominica|Dominica]]), [[Africa]], [[Tibetan culture|Tibet]], [[East Asia]] and [[South East Asia]], and with [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] (see [[ghost dance]]), [[Aboriginal Australians]], and [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Aboriginal Canadians]] as well as [[Pacific Islander|Pacific Islanders]]. It is also used, in its more meditative form, in worship within various religious traditions of many religions including the [[Church of England]]<ref>"We ended with a circle dance." "A short session of circle dance was one of the activities on offer..."{{cite web |url=http://www.st-james-piccadilly.org/sermons/SJPAnnualRpt2006-2007.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214192607/http://www.st-james-piccadilly.org/sermons/SJPAnnualRpt2006-2007.pdf |archive-date=14 February 2012}}</ref> and the Islamic [[Haḍra]] Dhikr (or Zikr) dances.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chivers |first1=C. J. |title=A Whirling Sufi Revival With Unclear Implications |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/24/world/europe/24grozny.html |access-date=22 April 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=24 May 2006 |quote=Three circles of barefoot men, one ring inside another, sway to the cadence of chant. The men stamp in time as they sway, and grunt from the abdomen and throat, filling the room with a primal sound. One voice rises over the rest, singing variants of the names of God.}}</ref>