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The dance is set staged in groups or with multiple partners who perform choreographed steps to the beat of the music. The dancers move around the musicians in a row. A woman or a man holding a handkerchief (or a pennant decorated with ribbons) is responsible for directing the choreography. They all
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is a great collective dance. The dance is joyful in nature and is performed with cheerfulness and innocence, as if everybody is playing happily.
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