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| | History Israeli Folk Dance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | The first folk dance festival was held at Kibbutz Dalia in 1944, where dances of the Halutzim were performed as well as other Eastern European Jewish dances such as the Sherele and the more recently emerging folk dances of local origin, such as Mayim and Kol Dodi. |
 | | More folk dances of local origin were performed at the second Kibbutz Dalia dance festival in 1947 (e.g., Debka Rafiach, Harmonika, Hava Nitze b'machol, Ken Yovdu, Mechol Ovadia). |
 | | By the third Dalia festival in 1951, Israeli folk dance was well established with many other classic dances (e.g., Bat Yiftach, Be'er Basadeh, Debka Gilboa) already part of the repertoire. |
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