Welcome to Dances from around the World

Educational and fun for all ages

JIGGLE INTRODUCTION

If you are interested in the beautiful traditional dress, music and dances of  the different cultures and countries of our world I would like to introduce you to many of them here, it is educational for all ages and it is remarkably exciting and entertaining to relax and enjoy the grace and movement of all traditional dances, you may find something here that may even inspire you to dance yourself, you will tap your feet and after watching I am sure you will feel good because you will certainly find many that are interesting, graceful and different, you will definitely smile, laugh, and be happy to see how wonderful the people of our world truly are as they demonstrate joy in their dancing, it is interesting to know the history, culture and story behind the dances, and there are too many as yet to tell you about and show you, however I will be adding more as I discover them, I would like to thank all the dancers who are wonderful ambassadors for their country do take some time and treat yourself to jiggle.

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History of Flamenco

Little is known about precisely where gypsies come from, but they are thought to have come from India some 500 to 700 years ago, they first arrived in Spain in the 15^th century thereabouts and brought Flamenco with them. Flamenco first became public when the first café cantante opened in Seville in 1842 and by the 1860s was well established in Adalucia, there are stories in the singing and dances handed down through generations by word of mouth, and castanets were adopted to enhance the finger snapping, tongue clicking and tapping with a stick, for more extensive and interesting history of the Flamenco. Link below

http://www.classicalguitarmidi.com/history/flamenco.htm

Spain Tourist information

http://www.in-spain.info/

History of the Hula dance

The Hula dance was used in rituals and ceremonies for thousands of years, all the graceful hands and body movements are very meaningful and can represent many things, the swaying of palm trees, animals, war etc, and always tell a story, sometimes accompanied by chanting, it is agreed by most that the Hula dance was performed by a God or Goddess thus it was sacred to the Hawiian people, both men and women dance the Hula and the beautiful costumes are spectacular, they are adorned with flowers and a Pau is worn – grass skirt with whale bone or dog teeth anklets. Any student learning the Hula dance were obliged to follow very strict rules, and some schools still adhere to this, it is believed that students will dance the Hula better if they do not follow certain forbidden activities, to find out more about the amazing tradition and history of the Hula dance please visit the the website below for further fascinating and interesting information.

http://www.wailuabay.com/hula.html

Hawaii tourist information        

http://www.gohawaii.com/

Hungarian dancing

Hungarian people have always had a great love for dancing, in the villages it was the most important social entertainment, and in many places still is because it brings the community together. Parents and grandparents are avid in encouraging their young people to dance, boys and girls who are good dancers are highly esteemed, boys have to be very talented to be able to learn some dances such as the jumping dances, although some ethnic influences have been adopted from other countries into some dances the Cardas is the most special dance for it is the National couple dance of Hungary. Hungarian people preserve their folk traditions and dancing brings all people together and joy into their every day lives., for more information see link below.