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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 202. Not illustrated. Chapters: List of North American Folk Music Traditions, Vanoush Khanamerian, Kopanitsa, Csardas, Deknni, Zwiefacher, an Dro, Zamba, Farandole, Kar lama, Roger de Coverley, Seguidilla, Kozachok, o ek, Esperance Club, Schuhplattler, Lezginka, Zonaradiko, Paidushko Horo, Kopa ka, North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance, Slip Jig, Spirit of the Dance, Hasapiko, Udabarri, Mugham Festival, Dashing White Sergeant, Arkan, Ambasse Bey, Reel of the 51st Highlanders, Ramkbach, Crpi Voda, Jano, Ball de Bastons, Jamrieng Samai, Skudrinka, Kolomyjka, Ramvong, Kujawiak, Berovka, Adana, Tinkus Wistus, Starotikve ko, Perini a, Tresenica, Itik-Itik, Gankino Horo, Abayi, Buf ansko, Potr ulka, Asma Kasma, the Irish Washerwoman, Metelytsia, Pembe, Gluvo-Nemo, Sadi Moma, Sousta, Crnogorka, Vle enoto, Ikariotikos, Avar, Pryvit, Povrateno, Gato, Svadbarsko, Mazur, Agir Karadagi, Tsestos, Dubotanets, Hutsulka, Vesnianky, Asta Garabaghi, opka, Tropotianka, Youz Bir, Bereznianka, Alcha Gulu, Hopak-Kolom, Chumak, Mussoll, Yerli R qs, Kamarinskaya, Iki Arvadli, Uvyvanets, Holubka, Freilekhs. Excerpt: This is a list of folk music traditions, with styles, dances, instruments and other related topics. The term folk music can not be easily defined in a precise manner; it is used with widely-varying definitions depending on the author, intended audience and context within a work. Similarly, the term traditions in this context does not connote any strictly-defined criteria. Music scholars, journalists, audiences, record industry individuals, politicians, nationalists and demagogues may often have occasion to address which fields of folk music are distinct traditions based along racial, geographic, linguistic, religious, tribal or ethnic lines, and all such peoples will likely use different criteria to decide what constitutes a "folk ...