Hedje_dance_Kamchatka

Lilia Banakanova, direktor of this folk dance group, anounces the round dance Hedje. She says, that it was finally revitalized on Kamchatka. This dance is well-known and popular among other Even groups (e.g. Evens libing in Yakutia), but it was not performed on Kamchatka for a long time. When dancin...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: NA, Lilia Banakanova
Format: Moving Image (Video)
Language:Russian
Published: The Language Archive, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1839/00-0000-0000-0016-B8DC-B
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Summary:Lilia Banakanova, direktor of this folk dance group, anounces the round dance Hedje. She says, that it was finally revitalized on Kamchatka. This dance is well-known and popular among other Even groups (e.g. Evens libing in Yakutia), but it was not performed on Kamchatka for a long time. When dancing it is also accompanied by special sounds imitating the reindeer (khorkanje).