what are the characteristics of folk dance?

Answer 1

If this is a homework question I wouldn't count on my answers. But it is interesting to me. I would assume that all folk dances are cultural expressions of the "story" within a culture. They celebrate or comemmorate certain cultural moments (harvest, wedding, birth, etc). They are communal. They are sometimes religious or spiritual in orientation, even "sacred dance". They are for both genders and different ages.