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- Sword_dance abstract "Sword dances are recorded throughout world history. There are various traditions of solo and mock-battle (Pyrrhic) sword dances from China, England, Greece, India, Japan, Korea, the Middle East, Pakistan, and Scotland.Sword-dance forms have remained quite popular in Kathiawar region in India since ancient times. The Rajput Sword Dance and the Mer Dandiya depict battle. The dances often are thrilling depictions of bravery in former battles.In other regions such as the Himalayas, popular dances, such as the Choliya from the Kumaon region of India and the khukri dances from Nepal are also prominent, while all known linked ("hilt-and-point") sword dances are from Europe.[citation needed]Female sword dancing (Raks al sayf) was not widespread in the Middle East. Men in Egypt performed a dance called el ard, a martial dance involving upraised swords, but women were not widely known to use swords as props during their dancing in public. However, paintings and engravings by French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme (who visited Egypt in the 18th century) show sword dancers balancing sabers on their heads. Sword dancing (Raqs al Saïf) is widespread in Iran, Pakistan-India, and Turkey.Raks al sayf evolved out of sword fighting between men, in both Egypt and Turkey. There was even a time when sword dancing was banned by the sultan during Ottoman rule, as it was believed that dancers, who took swords from soldiers and pretended to "kill" them at the end of the performances, collected the swords to begin a resistance against the army. These swords were never returned. A Word on Sword Dancing by Jheri St JamesGeneral sword dance forms include:solo dancers around swords – such as the traditional Scottish sword dances. This general form also encompasses non-sword dances such as the bacca pipes jig in Cotswold morris dance,mock-battle dances, including many stick dances from non-sword traditions, and such common continental dances as Bouffons or Mattachins as described by Thoinot Arbeau in 1588.hilt-and-point sword dances – where the dancers are linked together by their swords in a chain. These form the basis for rapper sword and long sword forms,the Choliya sword dance of the Kumaon region of the hills of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, which started partly due to their long martial tradition and also to give protection to marriage processions. It was also held to be auspicious and, according to Hindu tradition, helpful in warding off evil spirits. It has a very beautiful and graceful form and has techniques which give it the status of a martial art.".
- Sword_dance thumbnail Bedouin_sword_dance.jpg?width=300.
- Sword_dance wikiPageExternalLink sword-dancing.
- Sword_dance wikiPageExternalLink www.macevni-plesovi.org.
- Sword_dance wikiPageExternalLink www.rapper.org.uk.
- Sword_dance wikiPageExternalLink relations.
- Sword_dance wikiPageExternalLink tpop2.htm.
- Sword_dance wikiPageExternalLink www.starofswords.wordpress.com.
- Sword_dance wikiPageExternalLink watch?v=VToHTFQ_Yv4.
- Sword_dance wikiPageID "469033".
- Sword_dance wikiPageRevisionID "601872722".
- Sword_dance hasPhotoCollection Sword_dance.
- Sword_dance subject Category:European_folk_dances.
- Sword_dance subject Category:Mock_combat.
- Sword_dance subject Category:Swordsmanship.
- Sword_dance comment "Sword dances are recorded throughout world history. There are various traditions of solo and mock-battle (Pyrrhic) sword dances from China, England, Greece, India, Japan, Korea, the Middle East, Pakistan, and Scotland.Sword-dance forms have remained quite popular in Kathiawar region in India since ancient times. The Rajput Sword Dance and the Mer Dandiya depict battle.".
- Sword_dance label "Danza de las espadas".
- Sword_dance label "Schwerttanz".
- Sword_dance label "Sword dance".
- Sword_dance label "剣舞".
- Sword_dance sameAs Schwerttanz.
- Sword_dance sameAs Danza_de_las_espadas.
- Sword_dance sameAs 剣舞.
- Sword_dance sameAs m.02d6w8.
- Sword_dance sameAs Q512245.
- Sword_dance sameAs Q512245.
- Sword_dance wasDerivedFrom Sword_dance?oldid=601872722.
- Sword_dance depiction Bedouin_sword_dance.jpg.
- Sword_dance isPrimaryTopicOf Sword_dance.
