Rugova (sword dance)

The Sword Dance
The Sword Dance (1890) by Paja Jovanović.
The Sword Dance
The Sword Dance (1885) by Jean-Léon Gérôme.

The Rugova war dance[1] (Albanian: Vallja me shpata e Rugovës or Loja Luftarake e Rugovës)[2] is a traditional Albanian sword dance named after the Rugova region[3] in Kosovo.

  1. ^ Daubeny, Peter (1952). Stage by stage. J. Murray. p. 141. THE WARRIOR DANCE OF RUGOVO.
  2. ^ Halimi, Kadri (1971). Vendi i Lojës së Rugovës në Vallet Luftarake Shqiptare [The place of the Rugova Dance in Albanian War Dances] (in Albanian). Pristina.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ UCLA Journal of Dance Ethnology. Vol. 13. UCLA Department of Dance. 1989. pp. 34–39.

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