Ethnic dance

Japanese: エスニック・ダンス - えすにっくだんす
Ethnic dance

…the term ethnic dance is new and has come to be used in correspondence with folk music. It is a translation of the English term ethnic dance, and in the West, the word ethnic, meaning barbaric, non-Christian, or exotic, is added before the word dance to refer to dances that do not belong to one's own culture. It refers to non-Western dances as well as dances of pagans and minority groups. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "ethnic dance" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…民族舞踊の語は新しく,民族音楽に対応するものとして用いられるようになった。英語のエスニック・ダンスの訳語で,欧米では野蛮な,非キリスト教的,異国風という意味のエスニックを舞踊の前につけ,自分たちの文化に属さない舞踊を総称する。非西洋の舞踊のほか異教徒や少数民族の舞踊を指す。…

※「エスニック・ダンス」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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