Whirling Slavs…

What’s that I’m seeing in the popular Polish music video for the song My Slowianie (“We Slavs”)? Why, whirling Slavs, of course. This video–put together by the Polish rap artist Donatan and the singer Cleo–subverts the stale stereotypes of pious and wholesome Slavic girls in the fields–by showing several Slavic ladies in a more “revealing” light. As a whirling Slav myself, I’m interested in the whirling in this video, as opposed to the other “sights” currently capturing the public’s attention (with the video garnering over 20 million hits). To see the original video without subtitles, please click here.