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habanera

Dance; Exotic

The habanera is a genre of Cuban popular dance music of the 19th century. It is a creolized form which developed from the contradanza.

jota

Dance; Exotic

Fast Spanish folk dance in triple time. A dance and song form which is popular throughout Spain and which probably originated in Aragón. The Aragonese jota is the best known in the country.

maxixe

Dance; Exotic

Brazilian ballroom dance resembling the two-step. Like the tango, the maxixe travelled to Europe and the United States in the early years of the 20th century.

Lenso dance

Dance; Exotic

Lenso dance is usually performed in weddings and traditional ceremonies by 6-10 female dancers, sometimes more. Each dancer holds lenso's (handkerchiefs) in both hands and sways them around with ...

Cakalele dance is a traditional, mystical war dance from Northern and Central Maluku, usually performed by about 30 male and female dancers. The males dance with big machetes on their right hands and ...

bambu gila

Dance; Exotic

Bambu gila (literally, "crazy bamboo") is a traditional dance-game usually performed by 7 young men holding tightly to a bamboo stick, approximately 2.5 m long and 8 cm in diameter, which has been ...