Starotikveško

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Starotikveško (Macedonian: Старотиквешко; English: The old Tikveš dance) is a traditional

, region in the central part of North Macedonia.

It is characterized by fast and complex footwork, accompanied by lively music played on traditional instruments.^[1] It is a man dance with five parts of dance going from slow to fast dancing. The dancers are first holding shoulders then dance with loose hands. They begin their dance in a position of a half circle and later they dance in circle one in front of the other. The dance rhythm is 2/4.

See also

• Music of North Macedonia

References

Further reading

• Dimovski, Mihailo. (1977:97-105). Macedonian folk dances (Original in Macedonian: Македонски народни ора). Skopje: Naša kniga & Institut za folklor

External links

• Video with instructions how to dance Starotikveško on YouTube