Dances with the slapping
3 dances from around the world that are danced to the slapping.
🇼🇸 Samoa and 1 moreFa'ataupati
A rhythmic group dance where men slap their own bodies to mimic swatting mosquitoes.Folk dance · Group
🇳🇿 New ZealandKa Mate
A Māori haka composed by Te Rauparaha to celebrate survival from enemies.Ritual dance · Group
InternationalWalkaround
A competitive solo dance from 19th-century minstrel shows, performed in a semicircle.Folk dance · Group
🇳🇿 New ZealandKa Mate
A Māori haka composed by Te Rauparaha to celebrate survival from enemies.Ritual dance · Group
InternationalWalkaround
A competitive solo dance from 19th-century minstrel shows, performed in a semicircle.Folk dance · Group
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Ka Mate: Alasdair Massie, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Walkaround: Unknown author, Public domain, source