043. Male dance with hands hitting boots

Description of the collection

Dialect: D
Topic: From Cradle to Grave
Reference: MZA-VT-AV-4.001B (09.58–11.59)
Title or Incipit: Male dance with hands hitting boots
Locality: Lakócsa/Lukovišće
Year: 1953
Recorded by: László K. Kovács

Announcement: “Dance with hitting boots” comes, played by tambura ensemble.

Comment: Kolo. Male dance with hands hitting boots. Performed by tambura orchestra, recorded with dance. – Dance motive of hitting boots has been taken from Hungarian folkdance tradition (called csizmaverős dance), and it also appears in other traditional dances, such as drmeš or križanje (Andor Végh).