Dance has been a part of human culture since the dawn of civilization. It is one of the earliest forms of expression and has immense power to shape culture, identity, and emotions. In Israel, as in other parts of the world, folk dances reflect the uniqueness of social and cultural groups. One iconic Israeli folk dance is the Hora, which symbolizes the ideals of the new Zionist culture such as community, equality, and simplicity. The Hora became closely associated with Israel's independence and is now part of the country's national identity and Independence Day celebrations. Over time, folk dancing in Israel has become more commercialized and less of a free communal event.

1. Keren shay
Second year, group 14

2. Dance is an element in human culture since the 
dawn of existence.
This is the first expression of life, of 
movement, and has
Enormous power. It shapes culture, self-image
and personality, nationality, religion and
emotions.
Swag company indicates feelings relevance or 
differentiation, the participation of ceremonial
and ritual settings again, and as a means of
recreation and pleasure on the other
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3. Israel, too, like the rest of the world, the dance 
reflects the uniqueness of social groups –
cultural.
Folk dance - is basically the initial expression of
the basic human need to dance, and do so as
part of nation
or a group that defines itself as a separate
entity from a national perspective.
Early 19th century – emigrated to Israel a
group of young people "pioneering." These
pioneers were determined to repair the world
and society,to create a new country. the desire
to adopt the New Nation "religion of labor" itself
played a new culture: Culture •
Israeli.

4. These processes even felt in dances, much more before 
the declaration of the State of Israel, was declared the
dance Israeli people –" Hora "- Israeli symbol.
The "Hora" dance combines all the elements of the new
culture that began emerging: Dance of the
company, together, shoulder Combined arms to shoulder;
dance circles, allowing equality between the sexes and
between people.
 dance barefoot and grounding and simplicity expressed
lightly to allow anyone to join the dancers easily, and share
their feelings of shared fate and action
The "Hora" expressed the combination of work 
this new and old imported, between songs translated from 
Russian, Hasidic circle dance
The high light of the connection between the Zionist culture 
and folk dance - were no doubt happy dances mass that
filled

5.  Israel at the United Nations declaration on the state of
Israel. From now settled the relationship between "Hora"
to collective consciousness Israel's independence, and
later became part of the celebration of dance circuits Day
- Independence and National Identity Israel.
New Jew - the zabzar, began to market itself on the wide 
world by the art of dance.
the folk dances have become in recent years into classes 
the folk dance today are mostly paid classes and not any 
more free events
the industry became big business in competition 
And he enters an extensive industrial and commercialized 