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GW. Listen to the passages and match them with the pictures.

a) “Flamenco” is a style of entertainment with lively song, music and artistic dance. It is very popular in Spain. A man and a woman dance Flamenco in genuine* Spanish costumes.
b) Everybody knows that dance has an important role in the everyday life of African people. They express their feelings of joy, happiness, sorrow or grief in their dances. Some African dances are very dramatic, some are very energetic.
c) Dance has always played an important role in the life of Greeks. They perform dances for entertainment, at weddings or harvest festivals. They think it is also good for health. There is a Greek saying, “Dance is the wedding of movement to music”.
d) Azerbaijani people have folk, old, melodious, attractive, lyrical elegant dances, such as Ay bari bakh, Uzun-dara, Vaghzali, Jeyrani, etc. Azerbaijan national dances show the characteristic features of the Azerbaijani nation.

*genuine - actual, authentic, ideal