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Potrčulka

Potrčulka (Macedonian: Потрчулка; English: Hurrying dance) is a traditional Macedonian oro, folk dance, from the town of Kočani. It is a woman dance with medium fast movements, small steps and small jumps on half feet.

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Potrčulka (Macedonian: Потрчулка; English: Hurrying dance) is a traditional Macedonian oro, folk dance, from the town of Kočani.

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Potrčulka (Macedonian: Потрчулка; English: Hurrying dance) is a traditional Macedonian oro, folk dance, from the town of Kočani.

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Potrčulka (Macedonian: Потрчулка; English: Hurrying dance) is a traditional Macedonian oro, folk dance, from the town of Kočani. It is a woman dance with medium fast movements, small steps and small jumps on half feet. The dancers are holding their belts with left hand over the right one and begin their dance in a position of a half circle. The dance rhythm is 2/4.

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Potrčulka is type of dance, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 1

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