Paydushko horo

Paydushko horo (Bulgarian: Пайдушко хоро, romanized: Pajduško horo; Macedonian: Пајдушко оро, romanized: Pajduško oro; Turkish: Payduşka; Albanian: Pajtushka; Greek: Παϊντούσκα, romanized: Baïdouska) is a Balkan folk dance, particularly associated with Bulgaria and North Macedonia. Like many other Balkan folk dances, each region or village has its own version of the figures. The name reflects the rhythm: paydushko derives from the Turkish word paytak, meaning "a person with uneven legs" (i.e. someone who limps), which refers to the limping step pattern of the dance. It is a line dance, with the dancers in a line facing left, holding hands. It is traditionally a men's dance, but in modern times it is often performed in lines of both men and women. It features a 5-beat meter divided into "quick" (2-beat) and "slow" (3-beat) units, abbreviated quick-slow or 2+3.time . The dance starts moving right with a series of four lift-steps, followed by moving left: crossing the right foot in front of the left, transferring the weight onto the right foot while moving the left foot to the right (this is the characteristic movement of this dance, and is done four times). The dancers next move backwards using a series of four lift-steps.¶

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