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Israeli Dance Hava Nagila
Posted by Hageulah
August 09, 2007
Video Summary
Mirjam with Hageulah while dancing open Air with an Audience to the Hebrew Song "Hava Nagila"
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Here's some information about this song and dance from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hava_Nagila
"Hava Nagila" is a Hebrew folk song, the title meaning "let us rejoice". It is a song of celebration, especially popular amongst Jewish and Romani communities, and is a staple of band performers at Jewish festivals.
The melody was taken from a Ukrainian folk song from Bukovina.[1] The commonly used text was probably composed by Abraham Zevi (Zvi) Idelsohn[2][3] in 1918 to celebrate the British victory in Palestine during World War I as well as the Balfour Declaration.
The transliteration, spelling of the title and lyrics vary."