folk dancing
- a word derived from folk dance.
Example Sentences
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First Lady Lou Hoover tried to solve the problem in 1929 by focusing the event on folk dancing, including maypole, Swedish, English, and Native American dances, all performed by Girl Scouts.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2023
“Line dancing is folk dancing, it’s storytelling,” explains Salisbury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2023
Various nationalities will be represented through music, folk dancing and art.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
In the mid-16th Century, while working in the fields, slaves created what later became Brazil's earliest form of capoeira, disguising fighting techniques as folk dancing.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2021
That’s a whole night of folk dancing, just like this, at colleges all over the country.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
