OT: Armenian war dance

[artavazd]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgmuO5Xdo98&list=FLTbHDTvyq22y46HRuxlnHJw&index=14&feature=plpp_video

this second one is called Bert Par or Pert Bar (in Western Armenian) it means Fortress Dance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP8F1x-X2u0&feature=related

this last one is not a war dance but its pretty amazing :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmDWRBO6-YA&feature=related

[Alrik]

War? Medieval dance isn't the manliest thing to beginn with, but these guys take it to a whole new level.

My first thought after seeing the first video was: "A dance group of all prim young males in shiny dresses with dance-moves from Ricky Lake and Fab Five."

It wasn't until I saw the second video that I realised that this group was inspired by medieval dances, hence the music. A lot of medieval dances include the ring-like movement various gestures like kicking and shouts. If you like this, then there's likely some medieval reenactment group close to you that would love a new dancer.(unless you're in asia, they tend to like their own medieval times rather than the European.)

[artavazd]

War? Medieval dance isn't the manliest thing to beginn with, but these guys take it to a whole new level.

My first thought after seeing the first video was: "A dance group of all prim young males in shiny dresses with dance-moves from Ricky Lake and Fab Five."

It wasn't until I saw the second video that I realised that this group was inspired by medieval dances, hence the music. A lot of medieval dances include the ring-like movement various gestures like kicking and shouts. If you like this, then there's likely some medieval reenactment group close to you that would love a new dancer.(unless you're in asia, they tend to like their own medieval times rather than the European.)

they might be medieval, but it is traditional armenian music

[vartan]

Thanks for posting eons old IE/Armenian folk-music and folk-dance Arto. Way to liven up the day with warcry haha...