folk dance
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Backed by tech heavyweights like Meituan and venture-capital firm HSG, the startup captured national attention when its humanoid robots performed a folk dance during a Lunar New Year Gala broadcast last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
But after Trump Jr. touched down, the two men toured the Ambanis’ private zoo, and at night they performed a Gujarati folk dance, grinning as they moved together to the music.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
Kids scrambled up rehabbed trails, and some danced the schuhplattler, a Bavarian folk dance with lots of foot stomping and thigh and foot slapping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
Arm in arm, young people of different faiths perform the dabke, an Arabic folk dance, in the Italian port of Ostia, elated by a visit from Pope Leo XIV.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025
This is the first time I get to dance Tinikling, a folk dance that mimics a tikling bird hopping between stems of grass and running over tree branches.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
