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    Israeli folk dance (Hebrew: ריקודי עם, rikudei 'am, lit. "Folk dances") is a form of dance usually performed to songs in Hebrew, or to other songs which...
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    More controversially, some people define folk dancing as dancing for which there is no governing body or dancing for which there are no competitive or professional...
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    2013-02-15. "Glossary of Israeli Folk Dancing". Imber.com.au. 2009-03-19. Retrieved 2013-02-15. Dick Oakes (2013-02-04). "Inbal Dance Company". Google.com...
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    in the Jewish diaspora and played a foundational role in modern Israeli folk dancing. It became the symbol of the reconstruction of the country by the...
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  • Isios Isos Sinasos Israeli folk dancing Ja'i Janger Jangi Jarabe tapatío Jarana yucateca Java Jazz dance Jenkka Jerkin' Jhijhiya Jhum dance Jhumair Jhumar...
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    Dance in Israel incorporates a wide variety of dance styles, from traditional Israeli folk dancing to ballet, modern dance, ballroom dancing and flamenco...
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  • are Israelis or Israeli expatriates. The works of Israeli classical composers have been performed by leading orchestras worldwide. Music in Israel is an...
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  • תימני, Tza'ad Temani) is a dance step widely used in Jewish dancing and Israeli folk dancing. It originates from the dancing of Yemenite Jews. Yemenite...
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    dance: Hora, Tza'ad Teimani, Israeli Folk Dances Western dance is being incorporated in the Middle East. Sufi whirling Zaffa "Dance in the Middle East: Moving...
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    Retrieved 2019-04-26. "CAMP YOFI - Israeli Dance Camp in Italy". campyofi.it. Betty Casey, International Folk Dancing U.S.A., Doubleday, New York, 1981...
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    including Arabic (Levantian and Iraqi), Israeli (see Jewish dance and Israeli folk dancing), Luri, Assyrian, Kurdish, Turkish, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Maltese...
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  • Erev Shel Shoshanim (category Israeli folk songs)
    in Israel. They toured the world extensively in the '60s, and their version became one of their international signature songs. In 1966, Israeli folk dancing...
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    Mayim Mayim (category Dance in Israel)
    "water, water") is an Israeli folk dance, danced to a song of the same name. It has become notable outside the Israeli dancing community and is often...
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    Union. Folk dancing is popular in Israel, and Israeli modern dance companies, among them the Batsheva Dance Company, are highly acclaimed in the dance world...
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  • David), it sometimes incorporates elements of Israeli Folk Dancing. Dance in mythology and religion Dancing procession of Echternach Gagne, Robert, Kane...
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    through preservation and repetition, square dances have attained the status of a folk dance. Square dancing is strongly associated with the United States...
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    Polish folk dances are a tradition rooted in ten centuries of Polish culture and history. Many of the dances stem from regional customs and historical...
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  • day of the Six Day War and at the end of the Yom Kippur War. In 2009, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu inscribed the words "Am Yisrael Chai"...
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    Turkish folk dances are the folk dances of Turkey. Facing three seas, straddling important trade routes, Turkey has a complex, sophisticated culture,...
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    Arab folk dances (Arabic: رقص عربي, romanized: raqs ʿarabiyy), also referred to as Oriental dance, Middle-Eastern dance and Eastern dance, are the traditional...
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    Assyrian folk dances are sets of dances that are performed throughout the world by Assyrians, mostly on occasions such as weddings, community parties and...
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    19th century, traditional folk dancing began to merge with quadrilles and polkas from Western Europe. The Belarusian folk dances are divided into three groups:...
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    Leah Bergstein (category Israeli female dancers)
    Palestine who created festival dances at kibbutzim. Bergstein is considered one of the "mothers" of early Israeli folk dance, inventing a new style of movement...
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    appointed to the Israeli cabinet between 2001 and 2022, Raleb Majadale, the first Muslim to be appointed as a minister in the Israeli cabinet between 2007...
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  • Hevenu shalom aleichem (category Israeli folk songs)
    upon you") is a Hebrew-language folk song based on the greeting Shalom aleichem. While perceived to be an Israeli folk song, the melody of "Hevenu shalom...
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  • list of national dances. This may be a formal or informal designation. Not all nations officially recognize a national dance or dances. ""Afghanistan"...
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    themselves not to yearn for Egypt or to forget Egyptian slavery. Independent Israeli guitarist and singer Udi Davidi recorded a modern rendition of "Dayenu"...
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  • Jews, based on a practice of their founder Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, have adapted anthems and even folk songs, ascribing them a new spiritual dimension...
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  • the Hebrew language Yemenite Jews Yemenite Kaaba Yemenite step, an Israeli folk dance step originating from Yemen Yemen (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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    Society of Teachers of Dancing, Ballroom Dancing, Teach Yourself Books, Hodder and Stoughton, 1977, p. 38 Lincoln Kirstein, Dance, Dance Horizons Incorporated...
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