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Answer : POLKA
polka – n
music performed for dancing the polka
a Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time
The origin of the polka dance has been the subject of several historical studies, but everyone concurs that ever since this dance exited the territories of Eastern Europe in 1st half of 19th century, it immediately became very popular music genre in central and western Europe, and after World War II, a popular music genre in the United States. The first records of polka music can be found in the written recordings in Poland and Czech music papers in the early 1800s. However, during that time this music and dance style was limited to the peasant population of the territory Bohemia, now a part of Czech Republic.
According to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the polka originated in Bohemia around 1830 as a round-dance, and became popular throughout Europe and in America in the course of the 19th century. The name “polka” is derived from Czech words for “field” or “half;” in other interpretations the name relates to the Czech term for a Polish girl, “polska,” in reference to the krakowiak dance-songs which the Bohemians adopted for their polkas. It is interesting to note that the word “Polka” means “Polish woman” in Polish.
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