The final day of the A-Z Challenge 2016

Posted Saturday April 29

I've arranged these 13 dance themed words in chronological order to make life easier!

Zuche  n. a tree stump
Zitella n. a young girl, maiden

Zufolo n. a small flute

Zingaro  v. gypsy

Ziganka n. a Russian country dance

Zappy adj. lively

Zinke n. an old wind instrument similar to a cornet

Zugtrompete n. a trombone

Zamacueca n. a Chilean dance where people weave in and out of each other

Zapateado n South American dance with rhythmic tapping of feet.

Zambra n. a Spanish dance

Zoppetto n. Italian limping hop dance

Zydeco n. Creole dance music.

On a sun-drenched hilltop, a young girl sits upon a zuche.  A butterfly dances in the air, and the zitella starts to dance with it. From somewhere unseen, the sweet sound of a zufolo fills with the air.  In no time, they are joined by skipping rabbits, nodding badgers and leaping toads.

Meanwhile, somewhere in Russia a zingaro devushka wanders into the centre of a town square and starts to perform the ziganka, her gaudy skirt billowing as she spins round and round. Standing close by, her father  plays a zappy tune on his zinke. Suddenly the square fills with dancing men, women, boys and girls.

As the clock strikes twelve the folk of a Chilean township appear on the main street, and to the sound of an echoing zugtrompete, take part in a zamacueca weaving in and out and clapping their hands in time with the jolly music. Across the Latin world, pavements vibrate with the stamping feet of joyful zapatiedo merry-makers.

In the midday sunshine, an endless stream of folk makes its way to  a Mediterranean beach where they dance together the zambra, and hop the zoppetto. Thousands of miles away, the good folk of Louisiana leap around to the zydeco.

Soon all the world is dancing. To the east, south, the north and farthest west. In war-torn countries, they lay down their arms. Sworn enemies dance together. Suddenly the world is a happy place. Suddenly we as one race. We dance together.

My theme for the A-Z Challenge 2017  will be The Village. I'll be telling you about the characters, its pub and shop, the events and whatever else happens in my fictitious rural community. 


Finally, I have recorded a short message for you.

You can check out my past A-Z posts by clicking  on a highlighted letter!

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