The Simd ( os, Симд), is an
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group dance.
State Song and Dance Ensemble of South Ossetia “Simd”
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4/4, 2/4. The beauty of Simd is in the strict graphic outline of the dance, the contrast between black and white costumes, the softness of movements, the strictness of line formations, and the harmony created by all of the above.
In South Ossetia
South Ossetia, ka, სამხრეთი ოსეთი, ( , ), officially the Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania, is a partially recognised landlocked state in the South Caucasus. It has an officially stated popula ...
there is the ''State song and dance ensemble “Simd”''.
See also
* Georgian dance
Georgian dance ( ka, ქართული ცეკვა) is the traditional dance of Georgia. It stems from military moves, sports games, and dances celebrated during holidays in the Middle Ages. The dance was popularized by the founders o ...
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State song and dance ensemble of South Ossetia “Simd”
Симд
Симд — танец, корнями уходящий в глубокую древность
* ttp://osradio.ru/culture/3724-osetinskaja-khoreografija.html Осетинская хореография
''Уарзиати В. С.'' Танцы // Народные игры и развлечения осетин. — Орджоникидзе, 1987
Симд Нартов. Массовый танец
Культура
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* ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ei-hM2wlbg Simd performed by ensemble “Alan” (statement of Elbrus Kubalov, 2011)
Simd performed by ensemble “Simd” (statement of Aslanbeg Kabisov, 1989)
Simd performed by ensemble “Gorets” (statement of Yuri Alborov, 2010)
Simd performed by ensemble “Alan” and “Gorets” (statement of Khadzhismel Varziev, 2010)
Simd (an episode from a film “Fatima”, 1958)
Narton-simd in the Rekom Sanctuary, 2010
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Ossetia ( , ; os, Ирыстон or , or ; russian: Осетия, Osetiya; ka, ოსეთი, translit. ''Oseti'') is an ethnolinguistic region located on both sides of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, largely inhabited by the Ossetians. ...