Galinsko Tinkno

This dance, Galinsko Tinkno, was taught by Sani Rifati at the Herdelejzi Festival in Washington, DC, May, 2008. "Galinsko" means from the town of Galin and the dance comes from this Macedonian town. In this video there is a good demonstration of Sani dancing at the end of the line or "tail." Notice how Sani curls the line in toward the center of the dancing circle. He explained that this is done to give the leader room to dance and is particularly useful in small spaces. Both the leader of the dance and the leader of the tail hold a handkerchief and it is the responsibility of the tail to coordinate his/her dance movements with the leader. Both positions are highly desired and the two leaders are usually friends. New dancers enter in the center of the line. Macedonian dancers value the notion of "being as one body" as they dance and all work together to create a dancing line that moves together flawlessly.