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Ritual dances are dodolian, rusalian, kolede dances and others. Secular dances include those related to the life and work of people, such as: fighting, wedding, harvest, love dances etc. Macedonian dances are numerous and varied. Usually they are played during weddings, feasts, church gatherings and all kinds of celebrations. The music for these dances is performed on accordion, drum, clarinet, violin, bagpipe, tambura, zurla, kaval, tarabuka, dyre, as well as other folk and traditional instruments.
Traditional Ukrainian dance is one of Ukraine’s most recognized cultural exports. Known and respected worldwide, audiences are not only entertained with the energetic, often fast paced dance, but by also by elaborate, hand embroidered costume and accompanying folk music.
Today, Ukrainian folk dance is mostly performed as choreographed stage performances, representations of traditional dances that have evolved in all corners of Ukraine over the centuries. The following is a list of the most popular folk dance found in Ukraine.
Many Bulgarian dances are line dances, with the dancers holding hands in a straight or curved line, facing in toward the center of the dance space. Originally men and women danced in separate lines, or in a gender-segregated line in which the last woman and first man held opposite ends of a handkerchief, to avoid gender contact but today men and women often dance in mixed lines. Several different handholds are used in the different dances"
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