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This is a list of national dances. This may be a formal or informal designation. Not all nations officially recognize a national dance or dances.

By country

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CountryDance(s)
AfghanistanAttan[1]
AlbaniaShota
AlgeriaChaabi
AngolaCapoeira Angola, Kabetula, Kizomba, Kuduro, Rebita, Semba and Viola
ArgentinaTango, Pericón
ArmeniaArmenian dance, Shalakho, Kochari
AustraliaCorroboree, Bush dance
AustriaLändler, Waltz
AzerbaijanJangi, Khanchobany, Tello
BahamasQuadrille, Rake-and-scrape, Heel and Toe Polka, and Scullin
BahrainArdah, Liwa
BangladeshBaul, Bizhu dance, Marma dance, Peacock dance[2]
BelarusKarahod
BelizeBrukdown
BermudaGombey
BoliviaHuayno, Caporales, Diablada
BrazilSamba, Frevo, Maculelê, Carimbó, Capoeira, Siriri, Forró, Maxixe, Coco[3]
BruneiZapin
BulgariaRŭchenitsa
BurmaBurmese dance
CambodiaRomvong, Apsara Dance, Peacock Dance, Chhayam
CanadaNone, Canadian stepdance unofficially; Red River Jig for Métis; jingle dance, Fancy dance and First Nations tribal dance styles dominate in areas populated by First Nations.
Cape VerdeColadeira, Batuque
ChileCueca;[4] Rapa Nui: Sau-sau and others
ChinaYangge, Lion dance, Dragon dance
ColombiaVallenato and Cumbia[4]
Cook IslandsUra
Costa RicaPunto guanacasteco
CroatiaLinđo
CubaDanzón, Rumba, Conga Line
CyprusSousta, Tatsia, Turkish Cypriot folk dances
Czech RepublicPolka
Democratic Republic of the CongoSoukous
DenmarkLes Lanciers
DominicaKwadril
Dominican RepublicMerengue
EcuadorPasillo
EgyptRaqs sharqi and Raqs baladi
El SalvadorXuc
EritreaQuda
EthiopiaEskista
FinlandFinnish tango, Jenkka
FijiMeke
FranceGavotte, Branle, Farandole, Tambourin, Can-Can
French PolynesiaTamure
GeorgiaKhorumi, Perkhuli
GermanySchuhplattler, Zwiefacher
GhanaAdowa dance
GreeceSyrtos, Syrtaki, Zeibekiko, Pyrrhichios, Serra, Pentozali, Kalamatianos, Tsamiko, Ballos, Sousta
GuadeloupeGwo ka
GuatemalaBaile de la Conquista
GuyanaSoca
HaitiMeringue, Compas, Kadans
HondurasPunta
HungaryCzardas[5] Kalocsai
IcelandVikivaki
IndiaBharatnatyam, Chhau, Kathak, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Manipuri, Mohiniyattam, Odissi, Sattriya, Bhangra.[6][7][8]
IndonesiaLegong, Pendet, Barong Ket, Ronggeng, Kebyar duduk, Saman dance
IraqKurdish dance, Chobi, Khigga
IranPersian dance, Kurdish dance, Azerbaijani dances
IrelandIrish stepdance
IsraelIsraeli folk dancing
ItalyTarantella, Furlana, Liscio, Monferrina
JamaicaQuadrille
JapanNihon-buyō
Jordan
LebanonDabke
LiechtensteinLiechtensteiner Polka
MadagascarHiragasy
MalaysiaJoget
MartiniqueBélé
Mauritius and RéunionSega
MexicoJarabe tapatío
MoldovaHora
MongoliaBiyelgee
MoroccoReggada and Gnawa
MozambiqueTufo
NicaraguaPalo de mayo
NepalNewa dance
NetherlandsKlompendansen
New ZealandHaka
North MacedoniaOsogovka, Teshkoto, Kopacka, Belomorski biser, Tresenica, Belomorska kitka, Pousteno, Bajrace, Berance, Berovka, Bufcansko, Vleceno, Vodensko, Gajdarsko, Gluvonemo, Dracevka, Dude Drne, Ibraim odza, Jeni jol, Kavadarka, Kalajdzisko, Komitsko, Krstacko, Lesnoto, Lisolaj, Malesevka, Oroto pocna, Pajdusko, Pembe, Postupano, Potrcano, Potrculka, Ramnoto, Ratevka, Rusalii, Rusinsko, Ratevka, Sitnoto, Skudrinka, Staro oro, Starskoto, Tikvesko, Toska, Sopkata, Cetvorka, Toska, Sopka, Tropnalo oro, Zensko camce
NorwayHallingdans
OmanAl-Bar'ah
Pakistan Jhumar, Khattak, Bhangra
PalestineDabke
PanamaTamborito
Papua New GuineaSing-sing
ParaguayParaguayan bottle dance, Paraguayan polka
PeruMarinera
PhilippinesCariñosa and Tinikling
PolandKrakowiak, Kujawiak, Mazur, Oberek, Polonaise[9]
PortugalVira
Puerto RicoDanza, Bomba and Plena
QatarArdah
RomaniaCăluş, Hora, Ciuleandra (dance)
RussiaBarynya, Kamarinskaya, Kozachok, Tropak, Khorovod
Saint LuciaKwadril
Samoa and American SamoaTaualuga
Saudi ArabiaArdah, Khaleegy, Mizmar
SenegalMbalax
SerbiaKolo
SeychellesKanmtole
SlovakiaČardáš, Karička, Odzemok
SomaliaDhaanto
SomalilandSaylici, Jaandheer
South AfricaGumboot dancing and Indlamu; Volkspele among Afrikaners
SpainFlamenco, Malagueñas (Andalusia), Jota (Aragon), Sardana (Catalonia), Pasodoble
Sri LankaKandyan dance, Lowcountry dance, Sabaragamu dance
SudanTambour dance
SurinameKaseko
SwedenPolska, Hambo
SwitzerlandLändler
SyriaDabke
ThailandThai dance
TongaLakalaka
Trinidad and TobagoLimbo, Soca, Calypso
TurkeyZeybek, Halay, Horon
TurkmenistanKyushtdepdi[10]
Turks and CaicosRipsaw dance, Rake-and-scrape
UkraineHopak, Arkan, Tropak, Metelytsia, Kozachok, Khorovod and Kolomyjka
United Arab EmiratesYowlah, Khaleegy and Ardah
United Kingdom(England) English Country Dance, Rapper Sword Dance, Morris dance, English clogging, Hornpipe. (Scotland) Scottish highland dance. (Wales) Welsh clogging. (Northern Ireland) Irish stepdance.
United StatesNo national dance, swing and square dancing unofficially; see List of U.S. state dances; hoop dance, Grass dance, jingle dance, Fancy dance and Native American tribal dance styles dominate in areas populated by Native American tribes.
UruguayTango, Pericón, Candombe
UzbekistanLazgi, Tanovar
VenezuelaJoropo
Virgin IslandsQuadrille
YemenAl-Bara', Sharh

References

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  1. ↑ ""Afghanistan" entry at Encarta". Archived from the original on 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  2. ↑ Britannica - Bangladesh Music and Dance
  3. ↑ Guardian article
  4. 1 2 Jon Aske. "Department of Foreign Languages, Salem State University | Dance glossary". lrc.salemstate.edu. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  5. ↑ "czardas | Hungarian dance". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  6. ↑ "Two new postage stamps celebrate Armenian, Indian national dances". panarmenian.net. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  7. ↑ "Two new postage stamps dedicated to "Armenia-India joint issue. National dances" theme".
  8. ↑ "Two new postage stamps celebrate Armenian, Indian national dances". www.newsinfo.am. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  9. ↑ "Five national dances of Poland". culture.poland.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2007. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  10. ↑ "Turkmenistan: golden age | Our favourite dance". turkmenistan.gov.tm. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
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