lezginka
what it is
Lezginka or Lezghinka (Russian: лезгинка, Ossetic: тымбыл кафт, зилгæ кафт, Lezgian: лезги кьуьл; Karachay-Balkar: стеме, Azerbaijani: ləzg) is a national dance of many people in the Caucasus Mountains, It derives its names from the Lezgin people; nevertheless, Georgians, Chechens, Lezghins, Ossetians, Circassians, Karachays, Balkars, Abkhazians, Kabardins, Ingush, Ingilos, Azerbaijanis, Iranian Azerbaijan, Mountain Jews, the Russian Kuban and Terek Cossacks and the various ethnicities of Dagestan such as the Avars, Dargins and Kumyks have their own versions. It has a very fast percussive rhythm with a melody on either accordion or reed instrument. In recent years the lezginka has been mixed with western dance styles such as house, trance and hip-hop.
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What is lezginka?
Lezginka or Lezghinka (Russian: лезгинка, Ossetic: тымбыл кафт, зилгæ кафт, Lezgian: лезги кьуьл; Karachay-Balkar: стеме, Azerbaijani: ləzg) is a national dance of many people in the Caucasus Mountains, It derives its names from the Lezgin people; nevertheless, Georgians, Chechens, Lezghins, Ossetians, Circassians, Karachays, Balkars, Abkhazians, Kabardins, Ingush, Ingilos, Azerbaijanis, Iranian Azerbaijan, Mountain Jews, the Russian Kuban and Terek Cossacks and the various ethnicities of Dagestan such as the Avars, Dargins and Kumyks have their own versions. It has a very fast percussive rhythm with a melody on either accordion or reed instrument. In recent years the lezginka has been mixed with western dance styles such as house, trance and hip-hop.
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