A Disturbing Case of Dancing Mania That Struck Germany in 1518
Back in 1518 in Germany, there was this bizarre outbreak of what they called "dancing mania." Basically, folks just started dancing uncontrollably in the streets, like they couldn't stop even if they wanted to. It got so wild that it's said hundreds of people were affected, just dancing day in and day out. Some people even danced themselves to death! Crazy, right? Historians still scratch their heads over it, but it's one heck of a weird moment in history. Credits Credit: Haka: www.davidmolloyphotography.com from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2017.08.19.20.07.34-Haka_(35890790073).jpg Haka: Joanne from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haka_(5178332711).jpg tangershon / Reddit Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me
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Back in 1518 in Germany, there was this bizarre outbreak of what they called "dancing mania." Basically, folks just started dancing uncontrollably in the streets, like they couldn't stop even if they wanted to. It got so wild that it's said hundreds of people were affected, just dancing day in and day out. Some people even danced themselves to death! Crazy, right? Historians still scratch their heads over it, but it's one heck of a weird moment in history.
CreditsCredit: Haka: www.davidmolloyphotography.com from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2017.08.19.20.07.34-Haka_(35890790073).jpg Haka: Joanne from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haka_(5178332711).jpg tangershon / Reddit Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me
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