Middle East & South Asia
- Attan - The national dance of Afghanistan
- Azerbaijani dances
- Kurdish dance
- Assyrian folk dance
- Georgian Folk Dances
- Bhangra a Punjabi harvest dance and music style that has become popular worldwide.
- Bihu an Assamese dance celebrating the arrival of spring, traditionally the beginning of the Assamese New Year.
- Ghoomar a traditional Bhil tribe women's folk dance of Rajasthan, India.
- Ghumura Dance: War Dance from Kingdom of Kalahandi, Orissa, India
- Kalbelia is one of the most sensuous dance forms of Rajasthan, performed by the kalbelia tribe.
- Israeli folk dance
- Odori, Japanese traditional dance, often danced in long parades in the streets where anyone can join in
- Buyō, typical dance of the Japanese geishas or dance artists
- Kyushtdepdi - The national dance of Turkmenistan
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