Hey Opryshky! 👋 . It's a Ukrainian Carpathian Hutsul Men's Mountain Dance... called Arkan! 😎 🏔 . Performed here by the National Recognized Academic Ukrainian Folk Choir Veryiovka! Національний Заслужений Академічний Український Народний хор ім. Г.Верьовки | Ukrainian Dance World

21K views · 2K reactions | Ukrainian Academy of Dance / Arkan Dance Company from Toronto having some fun performing in Lviv!  | Ukrainian Dance World | Facebook

Ensemble Hutsulia with... ARKAN! 😎 | Ukrainian Dance World

It's Hutsul... Virsky style! 👏 | Ukrainian Dance World

318K views · 14K reactions | Our Christmas gift to you.... is a dance...

A fiery Hutsul dance! 😲 | Ukrainian Dance World

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

The historic Arkan dance being performed by our friends from Verkhovyna during Hutsul culture days in Poltava - Central Ukraine! 🙂 | Cobblestone Freeway Tours

21K views · 102 reactions | A 20-second dance, dubbed "aura farming," made Rayyan Arkan Dikha the world’s coolest kid—much to the dismay of his more talented rivals. Read more: https://on.wsj.com/41Nq6Mk (Note: A previous version of this video showed then-PSG player Neymar among the celebrities who copied Dikha's dance. That footage, which PSG posted as a homage to Dikha after his dance went viral, predates Dikha's online fame.) | The Wall Street Journal | Facebook