![]() Indian peacock dancer | |
Genre | Folk dance |
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Origin | South Asia and Southeast Asia |
Peacock dance |
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Burma |
Cambodia |
Indonesia |
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Laos |
Malaysia |
Philippines |
Thailand |
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Vietnam |
The peacock dance or peafowl dance is a traditional Asian folk dance that describes the beauty and the movement of peacocks. There are several peacock dance traditions developed in Asia, including the peacock dances of Myanmar, of the western and northern parts of Cambodia, of West Java in Indonesia, and of the Indian subcontinent in Southern India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.