of, relating to, or established by institution. 2. of or relating to organized establishments, foundations, societies, or the like, or to the buildings devoted to their work. 3. of the nature of an institution.
Contra dance. Contra dance (also contradance, contra-dance and other variant spellings) is a folk dance made up of long lines of couples. It has mixed origins from English country dance, Scottish, French dance styles in the 17th century, with strong African influence from Appalachia.
What is Ethnic Dance? First we have to define folk dance - folk dance is dance as participated in by everyday people at weddings, parties, rituals, etc. Every ethnic group has its own folk dances. In the USA, square dance (in all its various forms), and contra dance (in all its various forms) qualify as folk dance.