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Mechol Halahat (Debka Lahat) – Israel [Yankale Levy]

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Hebrew:דבקה להט
Pronunciation:meh-CHOLE hah-LAH-hat
Translation:Dance of Flames
Alias:Debka La’Hat
Choreographer:Yankale Levy
Year:1968
Form:Line Dance: two opposing lines or multiple rows
Skill:Easy
Energy:Lively
Hand Hold:Individual
Composer:Ami Gilad
Date Taught:
Teacher:
Posted:May 20, 2023
Updated:January 26, 2024

An Israeli line dance, without the 3/4 turn shifts of Country Line Dance. This peppy little number has not just the normal Israeli dance problem of multiple choreographies to the same tune, it also has multiple names for the same dance. Perhaps the choreographer realized there was already a dance by that name and changed it? Anyhow, in USA, it goes by Mechol Halahat and in Israel by Debka Lahat. Cherie’s Mom taught it at TNFD, and it seems to have been done in the group before that too.

Info at IsraeliDances.com.

Teaching & Dancing Examples

Teaching: Rokdim
La Mona Myriam Ekhauzer
Henry & Sue-Ellen
Teaching: Emanual
Surrey International Folk Dancers of Surrey, BC, Canada

Music Examples

Shenanigans, 1994, Folk Dances of Terra Australis, Vol. 3. Not the usual RIFD version, but it works.