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Dances of Belgium

Dances of Belgium

Hardcover

Dance

ISBN10: 1914311159
ISBN13: 9781914311154
Publisher: Noverre Pr
Published: Apr 23 2021
Pages: 42
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.25 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

After a beribboned cock has been presented to the Mayor of certain Walloon towns the hapless bird is decapitated and the people dance around it - a strange, ritual ceremony, its analogue known also in the Pyrenees and in Spain. This and many another ancient custom has been kept alive throughout southern and eastern Belgium by the people's great love of dancing - on the place, on platforms and in cafes. In Flanders, too, traditional dancing lives on. Her link with the past is seen, in particular, with the Sword Dances for which she was so famous. History records their performance in the picturesque city of Bruges as far back as 1389, and in the region of Antwerp men still dance 'The Traweiteldans' to the accompaniment of a drum roll.

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