folk dancing

folk dance or folk·dance (fkdns)

n.

1.

a. A traditional dance originating among the common people of a nation or region.

b. The music accompanying such a dance.

2. A social gathering at which folk dances are performed.

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folk-dance adj.

folk dancer n.

folk dancing n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

folk dancing - a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts) folk dance social dancing - dancing as part of a social occasion farandole - a lively dance from Provence; all the dancers join hands and execute various figures mazurka - a Polish national dance in triple time polka - a Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time morris dance, morris dancing - any of various English folk dances performed by dancers in costume sword dance, sword dancing - any of various dances by men who step nimbly over swords or flourish them in the air hornpipe - a British solo dance performed by sailors jig - any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping contra danse, contradance, contredanse, country dancing, country-dance - a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line ring dance, round dance - a folk dance; dancers form a circle rhumba, rumba - a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement