Folk Dance Collection

Mexico, Oaxaca, Mexican Folk Dance (Large format sizes available)

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Woodsman dancing to a fiddle in a logging camp at night, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Dancing Sailors, Brittany by Christopher Woods, 1930, (1936). Creator: Christopher Wood
Dancing Sailors, Brittany, 1930, (1936). Village square with men and girls in Breton costume dancing by English painter John Christopher Wood (1901-1930)

Carnival carnival dance of Styrian peasants, Styria was a region of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
6203207 Carnival carnival dance of Styrian peasants, Styria was a region of the Austro-Hungarian Empire; (add.info.: CARNIVAL carnival dance of Styrian peasants)

Indian shaman from America leading a dance at a ceremony
NWI4898335 Indian shaman from America leading a dance at a ceremony.; (add.info.: Indian shaman from America leading a dance at a ceremony.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Society of the Middle Ages: Medievale fete in Milan, Italy. From a manuscript from the Middle Ages (15th century)
NWI4868481 Society of the Middle Ages: Medievale fete in Milan, Italy. From a manuscript from the Middle Ages (15th century)

History of immigration in America: African Americans dancing and singing Bamboula, New Orleans, Louisiana
NWI4890202 History of immigration in America: African Americans dancing and singing Bamboula, New Orleans, Louisiana, 19th century

Algeria, Ain zeft: local population around an Arab dancer and a Europeen with accordeon, 1906
LUX4780189 Algeria, Ain zeft: local population around an Arab dancer and a Europeen with accordeon, 1906; (add.info.: Algeria)

Indigenes Chamarro d'Agagna (Guam Island), distilling alcohol and costumes of ritual dancers (Mariana Islands)
FLO4636298 Indigenes Chamarro d'Agagna (Guam Island), distilling alcohol and costumes of ritual dancers (Mariana Islands, USA)

Cossack costumes (Russia): Cossack dancing to the sound of the guitar, while a hunter returns with a duck
FLO4634820 Cossack costumes (Russia): Cossack dancing to the sound of the guitar, while a hunter returns with a duck. Lithography for the book

The King of the Ashanti (Ghana) welcomes an English mission led by Thomas Bowdich, 1817
FLO4620308 The King of the Ashanti (Ghana) welcomes an English mission led by Thomas Bowdich, 1817. Drummers and dancers with torches perform in front of nobles under parasols and flags

Mandingo women dancing a cullunjee. They wear tall feather hats, painted faces, and grass skirts
FLO4619973 Mandingo women dancing a cullunjee. They wear tall feather hats, painted faces, and grass skirts, and beat time with drums and wooden castanets

Wedding dance of the Iroquois, Native Americans of Canada. The bride and groom dance on a mat holding a long stick as
FLO4621803 Wedding dance of the Iroquois, Native Americans of Canada. The bride and groom dance on a mat holding a long stick as they recite their vows, before breaking the stick

Libya costumes: woman playing bagpipes and veiled dancer from Tripoli. Lithography for the book
FLO4634929 Libya costumes: woman playing bagpipes and veiled dancer from Tripoli. Lithography for the book: " Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Afrique" by Friedrich

Dance guerriere at Bourou, Sea of the Solomon Islands, Archipelago of Bismarck, New Ireland
JAB4121356 Dance guerriere at Bourou, Sea of the Solomon Islands, Archipelago of Bismarck, New Ireland, Oceania - Voyages by James COOK (1728-1779)

Young Indian dancer - Young Indian dancer in bird headdress, cape, necklace
FLO4723704 Young Indian dancer - Young Indian dancer in bird headdress, cape, necklace, dhoti and anklets - Handcoloured woodcut by L

Village festival, 19th century (Epinal print)
THT4429436 Village festival, 19th century (Epinal print); (add.info.: Village festival. Epinal print. End of the 19th century.); © Jacques Marthelot. All rights reserved 2023

Sailboat has two hulls of the island of Amis (Tonga) with denudees dancers, paddlers in skirt and a European man
FLO4636394 Sailboat has two hulls of the island of Amis (Tonga) with denudees dancers, paddlers in skirt and a European man

Dance performed in front of Queen Tineh of the Island of Friends (Tonga). Lithography for the book
FLO4636388 Dance performed in front of Queen Tineh of the Island of Friends (Tonga). Lithography for the book: " Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Amerique et

Costumes and tattoos of the indigenous Carolinian Mariana. Illustration from Voyage Around the World (1824)
FLO4636325 Costumes and tattoos of the indigenous Carolinian Mariana. Illustration from Voyage Around the World (1824) by Louis de Freycinet (1779-1842)

A festive dance of the Camacan Indians of Bahia, the assembly naked or wearing a small apron dances around a pot
FLO4635835 A festive dance of the Camacan Indians of Bahia, the assembly naked or wearing a small apron dances around a pot on the fire

Native peruvian dance " The chocolate " Lima, PERU, 1843 (engraving)
7305358 Native peruvian dance " The chocolate " Lima, PERU, 1843 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Native peruvian dance " The chocolate " Lima)

Young Western woman dressed in costume of traditional Thai or Indonesian dancers
IMB4932640 Young Western woman dressed in costume of traditional Thai or Indonesian dancers. 1910 approximately Historic photo, European woman dressed up as Thai or Indonesian temple dancer, ca

Masks used by the Unalaskans in their dances; darts and the boards to throw them
FLO4722559 Masks used by the Unalaskans in their dances; darts and the boards to throw them. From Joseph Billings (1758-1806)

United States, Hawai Island: Traditional Hula-hula dance (Hula) by the natives of Hawai, mid-19th century
NWI4965257 United States, Hawai Island: Traditional Hula-hula dance (Hula) by the natives of Hawai, mid-19th century. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: United States)

Romania, Walachia, JU, Ploiesti: Romanians in traditional dress dance in the village square, 1900
LUX4788473 Romania, Walachia, JU, Ploiesti: Romanians in traditional dress dance in the village square, 1900; (add.info.: Romania, Walachia, JU)

Pilou pilou (pilou-pilou) from Kanak (Melanesian from New Caledonia in the South Pacific)
JAB5037228 Pilou pilou (pilou-pilou) from Kanak (Melanesian from New Caledonia in the South Pacific). Engraving in " The peoples of the Earth" 1890.; (add.info)

Popular Party in Japan. Engraving in "The Peoples of the Earth" 1890
JAB5037221 Popular Party in Japan. Engraving in "The Peoples of the Earth" 1890.; (add.info.: Popular Party in Japan)

Dance has two: Dancers of Mattchiche (or Matchiche) popular song of the Belle Epoque (1905)
JAB5035110 Dance has two: Dancers of Mattchiche (or Matchiche) popular song of the Belle Epoque (1905).; (add.info.: Dance a Two)

Dance has two: Dancers of Mattchiche (or Matchiche) popular song of the Belle Epoque (1905)
JAB5035105 Dance has two: Dancers of Mattchiche (or Matchiche) popular song of the Belle Epoque (1905).; (add.info.: Dance a Two)

Traditional Asian costumes: Devil dance dancer and percussionist from Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 19th century
NWI4879345 Traditional Asian costumes: Devil dance dancer and percussionist from Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 19th century. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Traditional Asian costumes)

West Sussex Folk Dance Festival, Goodwood House (b/w photo)
8676046 West Sussex Folk Dance Festival, Goodwood House (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: West Sussex Folk Dance Festival, Goodwood House)

Dancing the Helston Ferry through the village street of Sutton, Sussex (b/w photo)
8676043 Dancing the Helston Ferry through the village street of Sutton, Sussex (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Chimo dance, from the book "Trujillo del Peru" by Baltasar Martinez Companon y Bajanda
AIS5369335 The Chimo dance, from the book "Trujillo del Peru" by Baltasar Martinez Companon y Bajanda, bishop of Trujillo (1782-1785)

Dance of Fandango, Spain. Postcard from the beginning of the 20th century
JAB5037057 Dance of Fandango, Spain. Postcard from the beginning of the 20th century; (add.info.: Dance of Fandango, Spain. Postcard from the beginning of the 20th century); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

War dance of the Ojibwe nation (Ojibbeway Indians). Pat-au-a-quot-a-wee-be, the Flying Cloud, Sa-mah, Tobacco
FLO4688539 War dance of the Ojibwe nation (Ojibbeway Indians). Pat-au-a-quot-a-wee-be, the Flying Cloud, Sa-mah, Tobacco, Gish-ee-gosh-e-gee, Moonlight Night, and We-nish-ka-wee-be, the Flying Gull

Dance of the Powhatan Native Americans of Carolina within a circle of totem poles
FLO4621970 Dance of the Powhatan Native Americans of Carolina within a circle of totem poles. (Based on Captain White's drawing of the Algonquian dance in Virginia)

Iroquois women dancing to music played by men on drums and percussion. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Fr
FLO4621850 Iroquois women dancing to music played by men on drums and percussion. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Fr

Natives of the Kingdom of Kongo (Congo) playing various musical instruments and dancing
FLO4620137 Natives of the Kingdom of Kongo (Congo) playing various musical instruments and dancing. A gourd-resonated xylophone marimba, a drum ngamba, double bell longa, and two percussion scrapers

The King of the Ashanti (Ghana) welcoming an English mission led by Thomas Bowdich in 1817
FLO4620284 The King of the Ashanti (Ghana) welcoming an English mission led by Thomas Bowdich in 1817. Reception feast with dancers, drummers, horns, parasols and flags

Sailors having fun: fishermen talking and entertaining on a whaler, 19th century
NWI4826669 Sailors having fun: fishermen talking and entertaining on a whaler, 19th century. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Sailors having fun)

France, Ile-de-France, Hauts-de-Seine (92), Meudon: genre scene, Le Menetrier de Meudon, 1865 - " Dances vite
LUX4816839 France, Ile-de-France, Hauts-de-Seine (92), Meudon: genre scene, Le Menetrier de Meudon, 1865 - " Dances vite! So obey the menetrier of Meudon - Dance quickly

Alejandro MALASPINA, Italian-Spanish navigator and explorer (engraving)
CUL4862888 Alejandro MALASPINA, Italian-Spanish navigator and explorer (engraving) by Suria, Tomas (1789-1794); (add.info.: MALASPINA, Alejandro (1754-1809)

Kalee-Poojah: the feast of Thugs (Thag or Thagi) in India in the 19th century. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4864661 Kalee-Poojah: the feast of Thugs (Thag or Thagi) in India in the 19th century. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Kalee-Poojah)

African costumes: Griot musician of balafon and tam tam, with a dancer. Below a couple from Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
FLO4635138 African costumes: Griot musician of balafon and tam tam, with a dancer. Below a couple from Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

Traditional dance of the Caucasus and costumes of a princess, a gunman, and another of the nobility
FLO4634385 Traditional dance of the Caucasus and costumes of a princess, a gunman, and another of the nobility. Lithography for the book

Bayadere, dancer of Indian temples - Indian dancing girl in beaded headdress, bodice, diaphanous skirt
FLO4723677 Bayadere, dancer of Indian temples - Indian dancing girl in beaded headdress, bodice, diaphanous skirt, and sash - Handcoloured woodcut by Vermorcken after an illustration by H

France: Colorisee fantasy photo showing a dance la Mattchiche (matchiche, maxixe) danced by the dancers: les rieuses
LUX4726671 France: Colorisee fantasy photo showing a dance la Mattchiche (matchiche, maxixe) danced by the dancers: les rieuses

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Folk Dance: Celebrating Cultural Heritage Through Rhythm and Movement From the vibrant streets of Mexico to the picturesque landscapes of Austria, it has been a cherished tradition across the globe. One such example is Mexican Folk Dance, which finds its roots in Oaxaca, a region known for its rich cultural heritage. In Christopher Woods' captivating painting "Dancing Sailors, Brittany, " we are transported to 1930s France where sailors gracefully move to traditional tunes. This artwork beautifully captures the essence as an expression of community spirit and celebration. Moving eastward, we encounter the Safrica-Culture-Heritage-Festival in South Africa. Here, diverse communities come together to showcase their unique dances that have been passed down through generations. The rhythmic movements and colorful costumes create a mesmerizing spectacle that reflects the country's multicultural tapestry. Traveling back in time to California circa 1843-1850, we witness "The Dance of N. W. Indians" at St. Jose de California Mission depicted in a watercolor painting. This portrayal showcases how indigenous tribes used dance as a form of storytelling and spiritual connection with nature. Stepping into Europe, we find ourselves amidst an original 19th-century reproduction capturing "Folk Dance in Steyr, Austria. " The lively atmosphere and intricate footwork demonstrate how this art form brings people together while preserving their cultural identity. Across continents again lies Gran Canaria's Pueblo Canario where traditional dancing takes center stage at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Amidst joyful music and energetic moves, locals proudly display their Canary Islands heritage through spirited performances. Delving deeper into history reveals Georges Perrot's engraving from his travel memoirs among southern Slavs in Bosnia during 1868. A Bosnian dancer captivates our attention with graceful movements that reflect centuries-old traditions still alive today.