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Schunkeln
Sign in to savethumb|260px|A German audience swaying to "Am Dom zo Kölle" right|thumb|British Music hall where people would listen to performers such as Florrie Forde and start swaying Schunkeln (, ) is the name in the German language used to describe a certain rhythmic movement to the beat of a song, people link arms and sway side to side on the spot. This is done either standing or sitting where people move side to side on their seats via the upper body. Sometimes people will also move backwards and forwards, as well as stand up and sit down.
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- Traditional Schunkel (sway) songs
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thumb|260px|A German audience swaying to "Am Dom zo Kölle" right|thumb|British Music hall where people would listen to performers such as Florrie Forde and start swaying Schunkeln (, ) is the name in the German language used to describe a certain rhythmic movement to the beat of a song, people link arms and sway side to side on the spot. This is done either standing or sitting where people move side to side on their seats via the upper body. Sometimes people will also move backwards and forwards, as well as stand up and sit down.
The word is believed to derive from the German word for an outdoor swing, this being in reference to the similar movement of a swing which is Schaukel and Schunkel which is the Upper Saxon German dialect version of the same word.
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