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Official state symbols represent the cultural heritage and natural treasures of each state or the entire United States

 

 

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Connecticut Symbols

Animal, Bird, Cantata, Composer, Fish, Flag, Flower, Folk Dance, Fossil, Hero, Heroine, Insect, Mineral, Motto, Nicknames, Poet Laureate, Seal, Shellfish, Ship, Song, Tartan, Tree, Troubadour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connecticut State Folk Dance

Square Dance

 

Adopted in 1995

 

Square dancing is the American folk dance which is derived from folk and courtship dances brought to the United States by European immigrants and traces its ancestry to the English country dance and the French ballroom dance. It is called, cued, or prompted to the dancers. It includes squares, rounds, clogging, contra, line, the Virginia reel, and heritage dances. When the pioneers came west, they brought with them a dance called the quadrille, which means square in French. The pioneers liked the simpler term and so the square dance was born. The dance is known for its series of figures and footwork. Dancers are directed by a caller. It is easy to learn, a good form of exercise and fun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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State symbols represent things that are special to a particular state.

 

symbol  \ˈsim-bəl\
noun


Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1:  Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.

 

 

 

 

 
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