12 traditional dances from around the world
Whether you're synchronized in Mongolia or twirling in Turkey, Gloria Estefan's words still ring true: The rhythm is gonna get you
Russian Cossacks perform during the annual Mansky festival, near the Mana river in Russia. (REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin)
Members of a local troupe perform during the commemoration of the Algerian War of Independence in Setif, Algeria. (REUTERS/Louafi Larbi/CORBIS)
Bedouins dance during the Sanaa Summer Festival in Sanaa, Yemen. (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)
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Dancers perform at a hotel in Honiara, Solomon Islands. (REUTERS/Daniel Munoz)
Traditional Tsam folk dancers perform in the mountains south of Mongolia's capital city Ulan Bator. (Kieran Doherty/In Pictures/Corbis)
Belarusian women take part in the Rusalle festival (the holiday of mermaids) in the village of Sosny, Belarus. (REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko)
Irish girls take part in a traditional Irish step dance in a Galway courtyard. (Barry Lewis/In Pictures/Corbis)
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Women perform at a traditional wedding ceremony in the village of Galicnik, Macedonia. (REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski)
A widow dressed as the Hindu god Krishna dances during the Janmashtami festival in Vrindavan, India. (REUTERS/Ahmad Masood)
People watch the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance in England. (REUTERS/Darren Staples)
Women in traditional dress commemorate El Salvador's Independence Day. (REUTERS/Ulises Rodriguez)
The "Whirling Dervishes," or Sufi Whirling, dancers perform in Turkey. (MORANDI Bruno/Hemis/Corbis)
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Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
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