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folk dancing  

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  • The Europe-wide folk revival at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries saw folk dance as representative of a nation's heritage. Folk dance was linked to the national character, but more than this, it was valued as antiindustrial, its rural roots setting it against the decay of modernity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society; Folk Dancing]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/folk_dancing

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