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Majafes (LKT)
… his own pieces for the band. ‘He tried to get me to buy a sparkling ‘majafes’ which he wrote himself,’ writes Engel.” …
Mazurka (LKT)
… 1994, pp. 9-10 . “ Mazurka . Mazurka (a Polish dance).” Harkavi 1928, p. 284 . “‘...Let’s dance the kozak ;’... The …
Tsushpil
… references included). “ Tsushpil . accompaniment.” Harkavi 1928, p. 426 . “1) In the common Yiddish sense …
Sher
… . “1) Sher. a pair of scissors... 2) a kind of dance.” Harkavi 1928, p. 513 . “A ‘sherele,’ which as many couples …
Shtoktants (LKT)
… The old man bends to the earth and moves his cane to mark the space he needs so that he does not hit anyone while …
Skotshne/Skochne
… to Jewish weddings (e.g., kozackes, skocnas ). V. Kharkov, administrator of the Cabinet, told me that in 1927 he …
Toyten-tants (LKT)
… Lapson 1943, p. 458-60 . “‘Danza de la Muerta,’ a remarkable dance spectacle developed in Spain around the end of …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… Thessaloniki version, which is preceded by explanatory remarks by JMRC scholar and international expert on the Ladino …
Tvile
… the khupe to the bath to tvile . She was led through the market, and on the way back she was led with a band of …
Vals (LKT)
… on the other. They are completely different things... Harkavi 1928, p. 201.“ vals . waltz.” Phillips 1996b, p. 176 …