Folk dances

1, 2, 3, swing back, swing forward, point and turn
It is to a bouncy waltz and under the golden light of the gigantic street lamps that several dozen couples are already whirling in graceful circles. A little further on, on the steps of the Saint-Valier church, the diatonic accordion emits sincere and rhythmic music in the company of the violins and oboes, respecting sound and balance...

Associated with large festive gatherings such as the RITE, Autrefois Le Couserans, transhumance, popular dances are part of intangible heritage.
The Bethmalais, La Bethmalaise, the Biroussans, the Liadoures regularly clap their clogs all year round on church squares, in the streets, restaurants, cafes, at markets, fairs, at local festivals, traditional dances, everywhere all the time in towns, villages, in the mountains.
The caroles, branles, courante, passe-pieds, salamanders which are performed in rounds, farandoles, chains, also in line, in procession are practiced in pairs, quadrettes, sixes, eights with bounces, jumps, capers, long steps, short steps, forwards and backwards… They are called Volte, Gavotte, Polka, Mazurka, Rondeau, An dro, Rigodon, Avant-deux, Gigue, Hanterdro, Chapelloise, Valse, Scottisch, Bourrée, Tarentelle.

The art and traditions of popular music and dance of the Couserans in their most authentic forms are thus transmitted directly from one generation to the next orally or by imitation in all the places where it is customary to gather for the pleasure of dancing, listening, seeing, watching, sharing a moment all together.