Definition of "folk dance" [folk dance]

• A traditional dance originating among the common people of a nation or region. (noun)
• The music accompanying such a dance. (noun)
• A social gathering at which folk dances are performed. (noun)

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• "The zeal of the folk dance sizzles in his nervous ganglions, or wherever fanaticism does sizzle."