Bufcansko
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Bufčansko or Bufsko meaning a dance from the village of Buf
is a Macedonian
folk dance
(oro
) from the region of Bitola
and Lerin
(Florina).
It is a women's line dance
with elegant and peaceful movements on half feet. It is medium fast dance that speeds up toward the end. The dancers are holding hands and begin their dance in a position of a half circle. The dance rhythm is 2/4 with a complex syncopation of 3+2+2+3+2.
In the macedonian language, Buf translates to Howl. "The Howl's Dance"
BUF
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is a Macedonian
Macedonians (ethnic group)
The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...
folk dance
Folk dance
The term folk dance describes dances that share some or all of the following attributes:*They are dances performed at social functions by people with little or no professional training, often to traditional music or music based on traditional music....
(oro
Oro
Oro means gold in Italian and Spanish.Oro may refer to:Places* Oro, Estonia, a village in Estonia* Orø, an island in DenmarkIn music:*"Oro" , the Serbian entry in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest...
) from the region of Bitola
Bitola
Bitola is a city in the southwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia. The city is an administrative, cultural, industrial, commercial, and educational centre. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba and Nidže mountains, 14 km north of the...
and Lerin
Lerín
Lerín is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain.-External links:*...
(Florina).
It is a women's line dance
Line dance
A line dance is a choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps in which a group of people dance in one or more lines or rows without regard for the gender of the individuals, all facing the same direction, and executing the steps at the same time. Line dancers are not in physical contact...
with elegant and peaceful movements on half feet. It is medium fast dance that speeds up toward the end. The dancers are holding hands and begin their dance in a position of a half circle. The dance rhythm is 2/4 with a complex syncopation of 3+2+2+3+2.
In the macedonian language, Buf translates to Howl. "The Howl's Dance"