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What are the polka dances?

Polkas include

"Party Polka", "Chat Polka", "Train Polka", "Hunting Polka", "Lightning and Thunder Polka", "Forest Polka", " Beer barrel polka" etc.

Extended information:

Smetana, the founder of Czech national music, was the first to use this dance form in instrumental music and opera creation.

The word "polka" means "half step" in Czech, which describes the rapid alternation between one foot and the other in 2/4 time. It was originally a Czech peasant dance that developed in the former East Bohemia in Czechoslovakia. Although it should have developed from Czech folk dances, Bohemian historians believe that it was invented by a peasant girl to entertain herself on Sundays. In 1833, polka entered Prague dance halls for the first time. In 1840, a Prague dance teacher performed polka in Paris with great success, which suddenly made polka break into Paris salons and ballrooms. The rapid polka fever has aroused many young people who have no experience with dancing.