If you live in Tucson the details of our meetings are here: tucsonfolkdance.blogspot.com/p/where-to-dance-in-tucson.html If you live elsewhere you can find a list of dance locations at NFO-usa.org
I really enjoyed this! One question: do folk dances come in forms analogous to dialects, by which cultural insiders can pick out cultural outsiders, as in languages?
Yes indeed. That is exactly the case. Sometimes a subtle variation in footwork can be an indication that someone comes from a different village or region - even if they are doing essentially the same dance.
How wonderful!!! I‘m Kurdish myself and was searching for a tutorial to learn this dance. Love your video! I hope you had as much joy learning this dance as I had watching this video 🥹
The song was on a cassette tape sold by Gary Lind-Sinanian. I would try contacting him. The lyrics are on this website: folkdancemusings.blogspot.com/2019/05/siroon-gakav-armenia.html
May I ask about this horo? I am currently working on a research paper regarding the village of Kameno pole in Bulgaria. How could I get in touch with your group? Thank you.
Some additional information: the dance was taught in the US by Vincent Evanchuk in the early 1970s. His notes say that he learned it from "Cionka in Kiev". My guess is the Cionka was a performance group, but I'm not sure. So it's entirely possible that they are the group playing. The notes for the dance say the recording was released on two records. First was a "special recording" by the festival folk shop. I'm assuming that that is the California Statewide Festival, since those notes are from that event. The other is there is a set of notes that have a handwritten notation that say "Express 132A." I don't own this record. The notes are: www.socalfolkdance.com/dances/K/Khorovod_A_Ukrainian.pdf and www.socalfolkdance.com/dances/K/Khorovod_B_Ukrainian.pdf
