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a Swedish folk dance where you spin until the room forgets which way is up
means A traditional Swedish folk dance in 3/4 time, danced by couples who turn together in a fast, rhythmic spin.
from The name comes from Swedish, and is generally thought to be a clipped form of 'hambopolska' — a polska (the broad family of Swedish triple-time turning dances) associated with the name Hamburg or a place called Hambo, though the exact link is uncertain. The dance itself crystallized in 19th-century Sweden out of older polska traditions, and the snappy two-syllable name traveled with Swedish emigrants into folk-dance halls abroad.
- origin
- Born in 1800s Sweden, danced in three-quarter time
- the turn
- Couples rotate continuously, one full spin per measure
- competitions
- Sweden holds annual hambo championships, judged seriously
- name
- Likely derived from the city Hamburg