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folk dance

dances that were danced to traditional folk festivals and in traditional societies and are still been danced
Intangible type_of_dance Q201022
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folk dance

Summary

folk dance is a type of dance[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of type_of_dance entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (515 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • folk dance's instance of is recorded as type of dance[3].
  • folk dance is a type of social dance[4].
  • folk dance is part of folk culture[5].
  • folk dance's Commons category is recorded as Folk dance[6].
  • folk dance's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Folk dance[7].
  • folk dance's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Folk dances[8].
  • folk dance's Commons gallery is recorded as Folk dance[9].
  • folk dance's different from is recorded as national dance[10].
  • folk dance's has list is recorded as list of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin[11].
  • folk dance's practiced by is recorded as folk dancer[12].
  • folk dance's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13].
  • folk dance's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wiki Loves Cultura Popular Brasil - Danças, festivais e músicas[14].
  • folk dance's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:WikiProject 1000 important articles about Denmark[15].

Body

Definition and Type

folk dance's instance of is recorded as type of dance[3]. It is a type of social dance[4].

Use and Application

folk dance is part of folk culture[5].

Why It Matters

folk dance ranks in the top 10% of type_of_dance entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (515 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Folk dance, Category:Folk dances
    Practiced by → folk dancer
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 18196, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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