Dances with the percussion
7 dances from around the world that are danced to the percussion.
馃嚨馃嚟 PhilippinesDinagyang Festival
A street dance festival in Iloilo City honoring the Santo Ni帽o and Ati historyFolk dance 路 Group 路 Procession
馃嚙馃嚧 Bolivia and 2 moreDiablada
A masked devil dance from the Andes, led by Saint Michael at CarnivalFolk dance 路 Procession 路 Group
馃嚠馃嚛 IndonesiaBalinese dancetarian Bali / ig茅lan Bali
A dynamic and angular dance tradition from the Indonesian island of Bali.Ritual dance 路 Group 路 Solo
馃嚡馃嚨 Japan and 5 moreYosakoi銈堛仌銇撱亜
An energetic group dance from Japan using wooden clappers and modern music.Folk dance 路 Group
馃嚝馃嚠 FinlandFinnish tangosuomalainen tango
A slow partner dance from Finland, danced in close hold with a distinctive rhythmic pulse.Social dance 路 Couple
馃嚚馃嚮 Cape VerdeColadeirakoladera
A Cape Verdean ballroom dance in pairs, performed to a lively two-beat song.Ballroom or Latin dance 路 Couple
馃嚚馃嚧 ColombiaChampeta
A rhythmic dance and music style from Colombia's Caribbean coast, born in the early 1980s.Social dance 路 Group
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Balinese dance: Crisco 1492, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Coladeira: Nicola Di Nunzio, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Champeta: Lombana, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Yosakoi: d. FUKA, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Finnish tango: Eric Sundstr枚m, CC BY 4.0, source
- Dinagyang Festival: Bernardo 'Berniemack' Arellano III, CC BY 3.0, source
- Diablada: Elemaki, CC BY 3.0, source