Introduction & Hora Medura

This is me (Deborah) blabbering on about classic Israeli Folk Dance. :P Then we dance the Hora Medura!!

I luvs Israeli Folk Dance.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• israeli
• folk
• dance
• hebrew
• jewish
• hora
• medura
• folklife
• festival
• tradition

[MrAlex78able]

In my first comment, i mean are you of Romanian descent?

[madefromthebeststuff]

Well, my mom's side are all Polish, Russian and... I think Lithuanian, Jews. The other side was also mostly Russian. But I've also got some Greek, Hungarian and French in me. What about you? Are you Romanian? Why did you guess Romanian? :)

[MrAlex78able]

Is she Romanian Israeli?

[madefromthebeststuff]

nope. I'm an American Jew. But my parents are Israeli Citizens.

[lisidava]

I like it very much! The word "Hora" is a very old romanian word, a very ancient dans. Your romanian friends from Romania say Hello to you Israel!

[madefromthebeststuff]

Thank you! :D

Yes! A lot of the first Israeli Folk dances at the beginning of the century were taken directly from eastern european circle dancing! - like Romanian dancing.

Israeli Dance has been informed by the folk dances of numerous nations, because the galut has taken us to live among so many other cultures... Israel itself is a melting pot. Israelis have come from Morocco, Iran, Ethiopia, Russia, Australia, Britain, Canada, US, Europe, Argentina, etc, etc

[aikaterina007]

This dance looks like a lot of fun!

[digitalis7]

This is the most exciting and energetic version of this dance I've ever seen! Way to go!

[fgschneider1970]

The Romanian (and Moldovean) hora is from the tradiitonal Jewish dance.. The word "Hora" is literally Hebrew for "circle".

[MrAlex78able]

You're real cosmopolitan! I think you're Ashkenazi.

[MrAlex78able]

No, I from Russia. I just think that's dance of Romanian background may be.

[MrAlex78able]

Deborah, during this dance, dancers are barefoot always?