Arkan is a popular circle dance of the Ukrainian Hutsul people (from Hutsulshchyna, southwestern Ukraine). The word means lasso, borrowed from the Turkish language! The Arkan was traditionally performed around a burning bonfire by the men and was perhaps originally danced by the outlaws known as "opryshyky" led by their Robin Hood like legendary character called Oleksa Dovbush.👍 | Ukrainian Dance World

Get your Arkan on! 😯 . This has got to be a world record no? 🌎 🤔 . Arkan (Aркан) is a popular circle dance of the Ukrainian Hutsul people (from Hutsulshchyna, southwestern Ukraine). The word literally means lasso, borrowed from the Romanian language, derived from the Turkic word Arkan, meaning rope, lasso. . Arkan is associated with the opryshky who were outlaws in the late 18th and part o the 19th century. It's origins are unknown but it is unique among Ukrainian folk dances. It is a social

The Arkan Dance is the main element of the rite of initiation of every 12 year old Hutsul boy! 😎 After the ceremony, he received the right to participate in dances, carry a bartka (Hutsul axe) and gird himself with a cross (wide belt), and he became a potential opryshk. Arkan is danced in a closed circle or semicircle with axes in hand. The dance is widespread in Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi and Zakarpattia regions. Arkan Dance is a traditional finale of each International Folklore Festival "Etn