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    The Faroese chain dance (Faroese: Føroyskur dansur, Danish: Kædedans) is the national circle dance of the Faroe Islands, accompanied by kvæði, the Faroese...
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  • Espringale Etighi Fa'ataupati Fan dance (Chinese or burlesque) Fandango (Spain) Fanga Farandole (Provençal) Faroese dance Farruca Festejo Figure skating...
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    Pakistan Circle dance Dabke Faroese dance Horae Khigga, an Assyrian circle dance Khorovod, an Eastern European circle dance Kochari Kolo (dance), Serbian,...
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    media related to Kolo (dance). Armenian dance Assyrian folk dance Croatian dances Dabke Faroese dance Greek dances Hora (dance), an equivalent of the...
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    The Faroe or Faeroe Islands (/ˈfɛəroʊ/ FAIR-oh), or simply the Faroes (Faroese: Føroyar, pronounced [ˈfœɹjaɹ] ; Danish: Færøerne [ˈfeɐ̯ˌøˀɐnə]), are an...
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    Faroese people or Faroe Islanders (Faroese: føroyingar; Danish: færinger) are an ethnic group native to the Faroe Islands. The Faroese are of mixed Norse...
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    ISBN 9780486423869. Nielsen, Erica M (2011). Folk Dancing. ABC-CLIO. Page 45. ISBN 9780313376894. Faroese dance Danish folklore Anna Sofie Boesen Dreijer...
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    the mediaeval chain dance). These were eventually written down in the 19th century mostly by Danish scholars. Traditional Faroese music was primarily...
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    on the dance floor, and allow the dancers to see each other. The Faroese chain dance is the national circle dance of the Faroe Islands. The dance originated...
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  • Halay (category Kurdish dance)
    Syrian peoples) Attan (danced by Afghans) Horon (danced by Pontic Greek, Laz, and Turkish peoples) Faroese dance Kolo (danced by Southern Slavs) Ohuokhai...
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    (ballads, traditionally sung along with the Faroese chain dance, in modern times also used in modern Faroese music). These kvæði were eventually written...
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    Kvæði (redirect from Faroese ballads)
    accompanied by the Faroese chain dance. Kvæði can have hundreds of stanzas plus a chorus sung between every verse. It is generally thought that Faroese ballads,...
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  • Mentanarvirðisløn Landsins (Faroese Cultural Prize) has been awarded by the Faroese government to Faroese writers, musicians, artists etc. since 1998...
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    Sardana (category Spanish dances)
    Armenian dance Assyrian folk dance Catalan shawms, discussing the tenora and tible La Sardana de l'alcalde Faroese dance Kurdish dance Turkish dance Brandes...
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    Faroese music is primarily vocal, accompanied by the fiddle (which arrived in the 17th century) and European dances like the minuet and polka. During...
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  • Kalamatianos (category Greek dances)
    bucket)". Armenian dance Assyrian folk dance Ballos Faroese dance Greek dances Greek folk music Ikariotikos Kalamatianó (music) Kurdish dance Music of Greece...
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    positive attention among the Faroese, partly because it was the first publication for many years to deal with Faroese dance, the folk singing genre that...
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  • Roland og Magnus kongen (category Articles containing Faroese-language text)
    the ballad to a Faroese dance melody which was introduced in 1934 by Klara Semb. This includes a Faroese refrain or "burden" (Faroese: omkvæð, niðurlag)...
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    Ólavsøka is the biggest summer festival in the Faroe Islands, and by most Faroese considered as the national holiday of the Faroes along with Flag Day on...
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  • this dance. The dance holds cultural significance as it is commonly associated with celebrations and social gatherings. The Faroese Chain Dance is the...
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  • European dances - Exotic dancer - Expressionist dance Farandole - Faroese dance - Figure skating lifts - The Firebird - Fire dancing - First dance - Flagging...
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    Sinclair's March, one of his four Norwegian Dances, in honor of George Sinclair, hero of the Battle of Kringen. The Faroese metal group Týr included a version...
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    Kochari (category Armenian dances)
    originally danced in a closed circle. Kalamatianos Tsamiko Sirtaki Omal Horon Khigga An Dro Tamzara Hora Dabke Halay Assyrian folk dance Faroese dance Kochari...
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    This is a list of famous or important Faroese people. In a small island-society of fewer than 50,000 inhabitants, each person can gain certain meaning...
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    Tamzara (category Assyrian dances)
    popular Armenian folk dances to have been preserved in the United States by the Armenian-American community. An Dro Faroese dance Kalamatianos Khigga Syrtos...
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    Faroese art is art by artists living in the Faroe Islands and art by Faroese nationals living abroad. In the Faroe Islands, art is an important part of...
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    Whaling in the Faroe Islands (category CS1 Faroese-language sources (fo))
    Whaling in the Faroe Islands, or grindadráp (from the Faroese terms grindhvalur, meaning pilot whale, and dráp, meaning killing), is a type of drive hunting...
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    Ormurin Langi (category Faroese music)
    to the store of Faroese folk ballads (kvæði), which survived in the oral tradition and were sung as an accompaniment to Faroese dancing. Even before 1800...
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    the Faroese chain dance, the earliest account of which goes back only to the 17th century. In Sweden too, medieval songs often mentioned dancing. A long...
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    Huldufólk or hidden people are elves in Icelandic and Faroese folklore. They are supernatural beings that live in nature. They look and behave similarly...
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