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A 19th-century dance craze that infected Europe faster than any plague before it.
name originLikely from Czech 'pulka,' meaning half-step
polkamania1840s Europe lost its mind over it
not polishDespite the name, it began in Bohemia
grammy honorHad its own category until 2009 axe
weird alBuilt a career splicing it into rock hits