Circle dances

new religious movement

a traditional South Slavic collective folk dance performed by dancers linked in a chain, usually forming a circle; it is performed to musical accompaniment at private and public gatherings

The sardana (; plural sardanes in Catalan) is a Catalan musical genre typical of Catalan culture and danced in circle following a set of steps. The dance was originally from the Empordà region, but started gaining popularity throughout Catalonia from the late 19th century to beginning of the 20th century after the modernisation done by Josep Maria Ventura i Casas.

Dabke ( also spelled dabka, dabki, dubki, dabkeh, plural dabkaat) is a Levantine folk dance, particularly popular among Lebanese, Jordanian, Palestinian, and Syrian communities. Dabke combines circle dance and line dancing and is widely performed at weddings and other joyous occasions. The line forms from right to left and the leader of the dabke heads the line, alternating between facing the audience and the other dancers.

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type of circle dance originating in the Balkans

style of dance done in a circle with rhythm instruments and singing

Indian folk dance that originated from the state of Gujarat

Kochari (; ; ; ) is an Armenian folk dance originating in the Armenian Highlands. It is performed today by Armenians, while variants are performed by Assyrians, Azerbaijanis, and Pontic Greeks. It is a form of circle dance.

Brazilian folk dance

Ukrainian folk men's dance

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The Kalamatianós (, ) is one of the best-known dances of Greece. It is a popular Greek folk dance throughout Greece, Cyprus and internationally and is often performed at many social gatherings worldwide. As is the case with most Greek folk dances, it is danced in chain with a counterclockwise rotation, the dancers holding hands. thumb|left|Dance in the atrium of the Zappeion on March 3, 1926 It is a joyous and festive dance; its musical beat is , subdivided into of three parts of 3+2+2 beats, corresponding to 3 steps per bar. There are 12 steps in the dance corresponding to 4 bars of music. T

Halay is the national dance of Turkey. It refers to all traditional circular and line dances performed across the country. The term is used among Turks, Kurds, Araps, and Asia Minor Greeks (particularly Pontic Greeks, Karamanlides, and Cappadocian Greeks).

Letkajenkka (), is a Finnish dance.

Jhumair or Jhumar, is a folk dance from the Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Bihar and West Bengal. It is a traditional dance of the Sadan, the Indo-Aryan ethnic groups of Chotanagpur. It is also performed by Adivasi communities and is mainly associated with the harvest season.

joyful song that celebrates a seasonal Christian festive, most often Christmas but also the coming of Easter and Easter, appeared an accompaniment to medieval carole dance

thumb|Sîrba, Moldova A Sârbă (Moldovan spelling: sîrba; Cyrillic Moldovan: сырба) is a Romanian folk dance normally played in or time.

Domkach or Damkach is a folk dance of the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Madhesh province of Nepal. In Bihar and Nepal, Domkach is performed in Mithila and Bhojpur regions. In Uttar Pradesh, it is a kind of festival.

style of dance

Tamzara is an Armenian folk dance native to the Armenian Highlands. In Armenia the dance originally had a ritual character, it was a wedding song and dance. Now "Tamzara" has lost its former ritual significance, when it was performed during almost all community events and parties. It is today performed by Armenians, Assyrians, Azerbaijanis (in the regions of Sharur, Nakhchivan and parts of Iranian Azerbaijan), Greeks and Turks. In post-Soviet Armenia, tamzara dance is gaining more and more popularity among all strata of the population.

Choreia () is a circle dance accompanied by singing (see Greek chorus, choros), in ancient Greece. Homer refers to this dance in his epic poem, the Iliad.

Breton dance

Syrtos is a traditional Greek dance in which the dancers link hands to form a chain or circle, headed by a leader who intermittently breaks away to perform improvised steps.

Manipuri folk dance

international novelty dance

thumb|300px|upright=1.3|Horon with kemenche thumb|300px|right|Children from Turkey perform folk dance

type of dance

right|250px|thumb|Tribal women participating in Dhimsa dance in the Araku Valley of Andhra Pradesh Dhimsa is a tribal dance form that is performed primarily by Porja caste women in Andhra Pradesh.

Nagpuri folk dance

Israeli folk dance

thumb|right|290px|Dancing a qhachwa, Sarwa district, Victor Fajardo Province, Peru The cachua (qachwa, qhaswa, kashua, kaswa, kachura) ( or , diminutive form cachuita) is a Latin-American baroque dance form found mainly in Peru. It still exists today as a circle dance.

type of dance