Last of the wedding hops. Each of the dances presented thus far has shown the men grouping together for celebration - but at each of those, the women would certainly have had their turn, then there would be happy mingling. Today's wedding dance is quite different. In the Hasidic tradition, the women and the men congregate in separate rooms for just about all but the actual joining ceremony. The women have their own dances - but this one of the men is entertaining for its slow start... then things rev up and the dabke dancers of last week may have rivals. Maybe...
that is something so beautiful!!! this is the life and the joy! love the little dancers between the men...
ReplyDeleteThe young man, who I'm guessing is the groom, has the air of a reluctant and nervous participant.
ReplyDeleteAnd to nearly all went badly wrong at around 3:12!
Years ago I went to a Greek wedding in Melbourne that had dancing a bit like the zig-zag chain dancing of this one. xxx F
ReplyDeletethis made me think of our Native American Dancers and that made me think that every region and country in the world has similars dances... i saw a few steps to add to my dance excerises, the one when they were in a straight line
ReplyDeleteWOW...looks like those hats were tightly secured. It is always interesting to see how different cultures celebrate
ReplyDeleteHugs HiC
There are so many wonderful traditions!
ReplyDeleteVery enjoyable to watch and those hats look heavy!
ReplyDeleteOld folks do the two step shuffle, youngsters kick up their heels! What fun. namaste, janice xx
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to see how all the different cultures celebrate at a wedding. And everyone seems to be having a lot of fun, from the very young to the very old:)
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