#folk_dancing__folk_dance  a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)
  supertype:  social_dancing  dancing as part of a social occasion
  subtype:  farandole  a lively dance from Provence; all the dancers join hands and execute various figures
  subtype:  mazurka  a Polish national dance in triple time
  subtype:  polka  a Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time
  subtype:  morris_dance__morris_dancing  any of various English folk dances performed by men in costume
  subtype:  sword_dance__sworddance__sword_dancing__sworddancing  any of various dances by men who step nimbly over swords or flourish them in the air
  subtype:  rumba.folk_dancing  a rhythmic syncopated Cuban folk dance in duple time
  subtype:  hornpipe  a British solo dance performed by sailors
  subtype:  jig  any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
  subtype:  country-dance__countrydance__country_dancing__countrydancing__contredanse__contra_danse  a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
     subtype:  longways_dance__longways  country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other
        subtype:  Virginia_reel__reel  an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
     subtype:  square_dance__square_dancing  American country dancing in which couples form squares
        subtype:  Scottish_reel__reel  a lively dance of Scottish highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
           subtype:  highland_fling  a vigorous Scottish reel
           subtype:  eightsome  a Scottish reel for eight dancers
        subtype:  quadrille  a square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples
           subtype:  lancers  a quadrille for 8 or 16 couples
     subtype:  do-si-do  a square-dance figure; two dancers approach each other and circle back to back before returning to their original places
     subtype:  promenade.country-dance  a square dance figure; couples march counterclockwise in a circle
     subtype:  sashay  a square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps
     subtype:  swing.country-dance  a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
     subtype:  landler  a moderately slow Austrian country dance in triple time; involves spinning and clapping
  subtype:  round_dance__rounddance  a folk dance; dancers form a circle
     subtype:  schottische  a German round dance resembling a slow polka

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