Country: Færøerne, Faroe Islands
Type: line dance
Formation: closed or broken circle of dancers
Steps: vikivaka (branle simple).
Lyrics: a ballad with 23 verses.
Recordings:
Dansifelagið i Havn Bøhmerlands dronningen, 2014 [YouTube];
Føroyskur dansur nr 18, Tutl;
Pedersen, Sámal Echoes of the past Tutl (FKT21) 2003
Tøkum lætt Böhmerlands dronningen Føroysku dansur fyri øll Tutl 2000 [YouTube].
| Dance progression: | ||
| All dance vikivaka steps, as long as singing/music continues. |
See YouTube videos with Dansifelagið i Havn, 2014 and Sjónleikarhúsinum í Havn, 2011.
Provenance: commemorates Marketa Dragomira (born 1186), the daughter of King Premysl I Ottokar of Bohemia. In 1205 she was married to Valdemar II 'the Victor' of Denmark. She was loved and remembered in Denmark and was given the Danish name Dagmar. She died in childbirth in Riberhus in 1212. On the Faroe Islands this ballad is used at weddings.
Note: this was one of the combined dances at Nordlek 2015 in Viborg.
Source: YouTube video Dansifelagið i Havn
Description: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2021-06-23.
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