traditional jewish dance
Traditional Jewish Dance
Traditional Jewish dances are lively and are performed as a part of the Jewish culture and customs. Some of these dance forms are enlisted in the article below.
- It is performed at weddings and festivals.
- It is the traditional dance of Israel and many other East European countries.
- Horah is also known as the circle dance and is performed to traditional Jewish songs, such as "Klezmer" and "Hava Nagila".
- It was one of the Jewish dances that became popular in North America in the early 20th century.
- This is performed at the wedding reception of the last son or daughter.
- Towards the end of the wedding reception, the mother and the father are seated on the dance floor, and the guests dance around them.
- A lively music band accompanies the dance, and the parents of the bride or the bridegroom are lavished with flowers and kisses.
- There is a traditional Jewish custom called "Krenzl".
- This custom is followed when the parents give away their last daughter in marriage.
- The mother is seated in the center of the dance floor, and a wreath of flowers adorns her head.
- All the daughters including the last daughter, perform a lively dance around their mother.
- Towards the end of the wedding reception, the guests and the close family members seat the bride in the center of the dance floor and dance around her.
- They also sing songs that praise her. This is a traditional custom of Jewish marriages.
- One of the traditional folk dances of the Jews is the Israeli folk dance.
- It is a combination of the various folk dances of Eastern Europe, which were introduced in Israel by the Socialist Zionists in the early 20th century.
- "Mayim" meaning "water", is an Israeli folk dance that is performed to commemorate the discovery of water at Kibbutz Na'an.
- These dances are similar to western dances and are very lively.
- Yemenite came into being when the Jews were not allowed to dance in public in Yemen.
- This dance has stationary hopping and posturing and could be performed in a confined space.
- Today, Yemenite is a popular dance performed by the Jews during weddings and other Jewish occasions.
- This dance has just three steps with a short pause on the last step. It is "quick, quick, and slow". There are, however, many variations in the Yemenite.