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is the name of an old folk dance that is traditionally used in Norway. Each dancer is alone, in contrast to the more common couple's dances. The climax of the dance is known as thrown
Halling, where the goal is to kick down a hat from a stick. The dance is often called
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335:. Central to the geography is relatively flat mountain area which lies 700–1,100 m (2,300–3,600 ft) above sea level. The valley is V-shaped and is drained by the Hallingdal River which originates in the western parts of
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came into more frequent use. Many fiddle tunes were adapted to the new instrument – usually a diatonic button accordion. Hallingdal is the most common area where the old fiddle music were adapted like this in local tradition.
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Hallingdal is one of the major valleys of eastern Norway, on an area of 5,830 square kilometers. Hallingdal lies in the northern part of the county of
Buskerud. The valley stretches from
421:. In later centuries, Hallingdal farmers traded cattle over the mountains from west to east. As the soil in the valley could be barren, trading was necessary. Ancient routes went to
445:. The actual migration routes are hard to map, and the migrants may have intermixed with local hunters from the mountains around the valley. In recognition of this, Cardinal
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meaning "loose dance" in
Hallingdal and Valdres, but is known as the Halling in most other valleys.
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is the distinctive regional dialect of
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lived in
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The music of
Hallingdal is traditionally dominated by the
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From early on, Hallingdal also developed a tradition for
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with a distinct symmetric style, different from those of
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which cooperate through the
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and flows eastwards later southwards through
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From early on, Hallingdal prospered from trading with
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757:"Om Hallingdal (RegionrĂĄdet for Hallingdal)"
774:Jørn Sandnes og Ola Stemshaug, ed. (1980).
457:in 1153, included these two valleys in the
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540:Hallingdal has developed its own style of
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405:which means 'valley, dale'.
18:District in Buskerud, Norway
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