Alexander Pope
Today's post features men who are very good dancers. It is unfortunate that men in the United States think of dance as primarily a female activity. If they saw how dancers are viewed in other cultures, they might change their minds.
Traditionally, in the Balkans, dances were places for young people to find marriage partners, and the men's dances were especially flamboyant because they were showing off for the women. The best dancers got the prettiest girls.
Here's a group of guys at a wedding, and what you see is testosterone in action. I don't know where the wedding took place. The title is in Bosnian and roughly translated means "Have you seen these men dance?"
The dances shown here are from the Shope region of Bulgaria. They start with Shopska Rachenitsa, then Graovsko Horo at 1:45 and finish the with the rachenitsa. What energy!
Here's some eye candy for the ladies: three young shirtless men from Romania dancing sirba. This particular sirba is a fast, difficult dance. I would definitely have an interest in them if I were young and single..They certainly weren't ashamed to have this posted on YouTube. If they were advertising for potential mates, I'd say they were doing an excellent job. Men who dance like this are sexy!
For more on the Romanian dance sirba, there is a link below with more information.
If you enjoyed this you may also like:
The "Flavors of Bulgarian Rachenitsa Part Two Masculine, Feminine and Flirty (one of the videos shows a female group dancing Shopska Rachenitsa)
Wedding Dances and Bloopers from Bulgaria and Romania
The "Flavors" of Romanian Sirba
In the spirit of the season, here are some Bulgarian Christmas Songs.
The next post will be published shortly before the New Year. Happy Holidays to all!
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