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North America MEXICO Dance is important to Mexican culture. The danza de los viejitos,
Mexican for "Dance of Little Old Men" is an old traditional dance
found here in Mexico. Young men were made to look like wrinkled old men. Conchero dancers often perform at fiestas. People dance Native dances to guitars or lutes. Tall plummed headdresses, wide capes, sequined robes, shields, and bells and shells at the ankles make up the costumes. Concheros travel around, dancing many hours before getting tired. Sword dancers, called Matachin are popular at fiestas. Both children and adults enjoy these dancers. Wearing tall pointed headdresses and with there faces partly hidden they manage to sword dance. They shake gourd rattles in one hand and brightly painted wooden swords in the second hand. Ballet Folklórico was performed in 1952 by Mexican dancer Amáliá Hernández. Two, of the three different troupes of Folklórico, tour the world and the 3rd performs at the Palace of Fine Arts. Folklórico combines modern dance and traditional native costumes. United States Square and Round Dance Through many generations square dancing
has been the delight of dancing to
Hawaii Everybody hula! Hula means dance
in Hawaiian. Polynesian dancers
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hobble around on walking sticks until they suddenly spark up. This causes the
audience to laugh.
music and sharing a fun activity with others.
Surveys have concluded that Americans tend to forget about our history of fun
and good sociability. Square dancing is a way to get in touch with your inner
self and others. Actually there were many more square dances that came from
pioneers. As these pioneers moved westward, over time, these dances began to
fade away and they were forgotten. In the first part of the 20th
century American folk dances had to face a setback, this was caused by all the
new types of music and dances. Yet, in the long run folk dance will always be in
America.
shake their hips and move their hands to the
music of ukuleles, Hawaiian steel guitars, and drums. The dances they perform
describe stories about the islands. In the days when Polynesian settlers
believed in Pagan gods, the hula was an expression of religious belief, today
the entertainment of this dance can still be found around the pit fires of Hawaiian
luaus.