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most of the costumes are based off of seasonal events like the new year. most traditional folk dance costumes are red for both men and women, the men wear black boots and the women wear red high heals.

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for Russia  there are many different folk dances that include the traditional Khorovod, Karelian, Tatar, Barynya, Komi, Chechotka, Bashkir, Ingush, and Chechen dances. these dances consist of unique costumes and fancy footwork.

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Night in Russia

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Russian music started as folk music, opera, and church music, then Italian, French, and German music was introduced making there opera more of a mix. then Russian music eventually turned into pop music much like today.

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Russian music represents democracy, freedom, and a cultural divide. Russian folk music was important because they sung it all the time.

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There main insrument is the Livenka (accordion). they have woodwinds like the zhaleika, svirel and kugikli, as well as  percussion percuson instruments like the buben, bubenci, kokshnik, korobochka. None of these I can pronounce.

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It all started back in the 18th century and was all this church music, folk songs and opera. Then all of the sudden  In the 1700s, Italian, French, and German operas were introduced to Russia and there opera was suddenly more interesting and mixed.