| Dancing provided the primary source of
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| | life. Craftsmen, soldiers, maids
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| recreation for village people before the
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| | returning from town built the elements of
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| electronic entertainment forms of the
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| | civil fashion dances in their homeland's
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| modern world penetrated filtered into the
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| | dance choreography. Dance traditions of
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| lives of the tiniest settlements.
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| | the neighbouring countries have also
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| The captivating motions accompanied by
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| | shaped Hungarian folk dances. In
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| music and/or singing is a spectacular
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| | Transylvania, where Hungarians,
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| visualization of the Hungarian people's
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| | Romanians, and Saxons lived together,
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| rich emotional world which they strive to
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| | adoption of each other's dances was
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| preserve in spite of the unstoppable
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| | inevitable. The dance heritage of
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| spread of modern lifestyle.
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| | Bukovina in Transylvania reflects several
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| Singing folk songs and dancing enlivened
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| | ethnic influences (German, Romanian,
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| not just country people's holidays but it
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| | Russian, Hucul).
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| brought some cheerfulness in their
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| | In terms of regional aspect three main
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| workdays, too. Dancing was also an
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| | dialects developed in Hungarian dance
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| integral part of a wide range of social
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| | culture:
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| occasions. It provided an effective forum
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| | - The characteristic dances of the
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| for group and couple interaction
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| | Western or Danube dance dialect are the
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| including courtship.
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| | shepherd and jumping dances, verbunk,
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| In order to get along in a village one
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| | leánykarikázó (women's cicle dance),
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| had to have good dancing skills. A lad
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| | slow and quick csárdás and the
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| with skillful dancing ability tended to
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| | colourful palette of wedding dances.
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| be more popular with lasses and vice
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| | - The Central or Tisza region preserved
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| versa. Parents and the elderly members of
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| | many old style dances along with a wide
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| the village community prompted youngsters
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| | range of new style dances: shepherd
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| to acquire and preserve folk traditions
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| | dances, stick dances, leánykarikázó,
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| as means of strengthening social
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| | jumping dances, verbunk, slow and quick
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| integrity.
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| | csárdás and the osztótánc from the
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| Hungarian folk dances can be divided into
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| | wedding dances.
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| two main categories:
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| | - The Eastern or Transylvania region has
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| 1. Old style dances dating back to the
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| | the most versatile and archaic dance
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| Middle Ages
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| | heritage due to the isolation of this
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| Jumping dances (ugrós): solo or couple
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| | area from Western influences.
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| dances accompanied by old style music,
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| | Communism didn't oppressed folk dancing,
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| shepherd and other solo man's dances from
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| | on the contrary the era added new impetus
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| Transylvania, and marching dances along
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| | to the development of dances. The dance
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| with remnants of medieval weapon dances
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| | house movement started in the 70ies
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| belong in this group. Karikázó, a
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| | became very popular with young people
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| circle dance performed by women only
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| | living in towns in no time. Bands and
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| accompanied by singing of folksongs
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| | ensembles formed, amateurs set out to
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| 2. New style dances developed in the
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| | collect the remaining traditions of folk
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| 18-19. centuries
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| | dance and music in the countryside while
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| Verbunk, a solo man's dance evolved from
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| | looking for their roots.
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| the recruiting performances of the
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| | The choreographies were resurrected in
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| Austro-Hungarian army. Csárdás the
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| | dance houses where anybody could learn
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| national couple dance of Hungary which
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| | the basic steps then practice them by
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| seems deceptively simple with its to
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| | joining the other enthusiasts on the
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| steps to the right and two steps to the
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| | dance floor. The dance house phenomena
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| left, followed by turning the woman
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| | evolved into a movement acknowledged and
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| around choreography however numerous
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| | known all worldwide enriching the world
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| regional variations have developed since
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| | of folk music and dance with talents like
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| the 19th century.
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| | Márta Sebestyén, or the Muzsikás Band.
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| Couple dances formed the core of
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| | The fact that the Hungarian name of the
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| community entertainment because of their
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| | movement without the accents (tanchaz)
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| lively step patterns. The most popular
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| | rooted in the English language
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| couple dance is the csárdás which
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| | demonstrates the popularity of the
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| became known as the national dance of
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| | movement the best.
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| Hungary all over the world. Besides
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| | The political changes started in 1989
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| csárdás and its variations the
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| | facilitated the preserving of folk
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| so-called jumping dances, twirl dances
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| | traditions even more. Folk dance schools
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| from Transylvania and other old style
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| | were founded, folk dance lessons became
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| slow dances were also favoured. Solo
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| | part of school lectures, and the
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| man's dances existed as integral part of
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| | Hungarian Dance Academy launched a folk
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| dance life until the I. world war.
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| | dance course. Today many civil
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| Only the most talented lads were able to
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| | associations, festivals (National Tanchaz
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| learn and master some of the dances that
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| | Festival) and countless folk ensembles
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| required outstanding skillfulness
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| | (both professional and amateur) cultivate
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| (verbunk, jumping dances). Some man's
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| | folk dance traditions in Hungary.
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| dances became part of the dance
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| | Through the performances of the three
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| repertoire in certain parts of the
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| | most successful representatives of
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| country even after the I. world war
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| | Hungarian folk dance culture (Hungarian
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| (Rábaköz: verbunk, karéj, dus,
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| | National Folk Ensemble, Danube Folk
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| Northeast Hungary certain verbunk
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| | Ensemble and the Rakjó Folk Ensemble)
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| varieties: sarkantyús verbunk, magyar
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| | you can learn about and became a fan of
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| verbunk).
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| | this colourful art form. The 3 ensembles
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| Along with entertainment dances, certain
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| | look back to more than 50-year
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| rituals, customs (weddings, harvest,
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| | professional past. They conquered the
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| vintage) had their own characteristic
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| | heart of their audience in numerous
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| dances, as well. Weddings were regarded
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| | countries evoking and making memorable to
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| as prominent social happenings in
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| | them the rich folklore treasures of
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| villages, the events of which lived
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| | Hungary. The ensembles' versatile
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| vividly in people's memories for long.
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| | repertoire has preserved many precious
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| External influences had significant
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| | dances which would have been forgotten
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| impact on evolution of countryside dance
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| | otherwise.
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