This is a kind of "Bud Sa Lop Dance" and it is very popular dance in a wedding party, birthday party, new year party, etc... this kind of dance is found also in Cambodia and Vietnam but in different style.
This dance belong to every one don`t have to say lao dance about dancing you can make it up any dance don`t have to be the same you can make different dance and you can say lao dance that nothing wrong or you can dance like monkey you can say this is lao dance
This video look like Madison Dance, I love to dance Madison. It's clearly not lao originated, but Laos is one of the few countries where people still dance it "quite usualy". I discovered this dance in Laos and i think it's a great dance : not too fast nor too slow, everyone can dance, not too difficult to dance (but i'l still very bad dancer, i have to train more). I also like the fact that's it's a "group dance" : i think it's very good for a party, everyone can join and everyone go togather. It's not single, ore "one to one" dance...i like a lot the atmosphere/ambiance when people dance this! LIOT OF FUN
The one you show on this video is little bit different from what i saw in lao parties, but the "concept" is the same : people make a square, and turn on themself in 4 "steps"
That is call Line Dancing is America. There is a version that Black people does it. There is another version that Country Music people does it. Also, Lao is American been doing that dance at party and wedding as long as I've been here.....over 20 years.
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