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Folk dance

Folk dance is a term used to contain a large number of dances. Previous generations inherited us the Folk dance. It can change by the region, religion; race, ethnicity, culture and individual participate. In North America expressions of folk dance reflects dances of the colonial era, and dances from European origins.

Folk dancing is perceived as more of a social activity rather than competitive, even though there are professional and semi-professional folk dance groups, and occasional folk dance competitions.

Forms of folk dance include:

Clogging
English country dance
International folk dance
Irish dance
Maypole dance
Morris dance
Nordic polska dance
Ball de bastons
Austrian folk dance
Square dance
Sword dance.
Ukrainian dance
English folk dance

Various choreographed are called Folk dances such as Israeli folk dance, contra dance, modern Western square dance and Scottish country dance, though this is not true in the strictest sense.