Knowledge and ideas about the health, well-being of the family and fertility are at the heart of national holidays and their worship. The dance is a way for expression of emotions, prayers and wishes related to the abovmentioned needs.

Role of the following dances in the celebration of some holidays:

Round dance for the Kupala Night - Kupala Night, called Ivanа-Kupala, is a traditional eastern Slavic holiday related to the summer solstice. In Russia the custom is named Ivana-Kupala (Saint John the Baptist), in Ukraine - Ivana Kupala, in Belarus - Kupalle. Traditionally, on this holiday, young people seek a husband and a wife. When night falls, an ancient round dance is made around the fire, a symbol of the sun and eternal rebirth. The brighter the fire is, the faster the dancers moves. After the dance, the men line up and the women touch the shoulders of the one they liked and run away. The man must catch "the bride" to hold her hand and jump over the fire, a symbol of their union. Ivan Kupala's night is filled with rituals involving water, fire and herbs.

Koleduvane, a kind of Christmas caroling - Koleduvane is a Slavic custom, performed in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia and Slovenia. In Bulgaria, the koledari carolers traditionally start their rounds at midnight on Christmas Eve. They visit the houses of their relatives, neighbours and other people in the village. The caroling is usually performed by young men, each caroler carries a stick called gega. They wish the people from the village health, wealth and happiness.

In Central Europe on Christmas Eve, groups called the Bethlehem young men sing church hymns. In Russia, the participants in the custom are little girls and boys. The closest to the Bulgarian carols are the Romanian and Moldavian Kalushari, who also bless the hosts, but do so not on Christmas Eve, but on the third day of Christmas.

Lazaruvane - traditional procession during the Eastern Orthodox feast of Lazareva Subota. The ritual is performed by young girls typically of age 16 who are unmarried, called lazarki, who dance around the village singing songs.They stop from house to house, performing songs and blessing the homes. The girls turn to Lada, the goddess of love and married life, to show them what it will be like. According to tradition, the culmination of the holiday is the round dance - all the girls who took part in the rituals during the day gather and dance in front of the sight of married women and young men in the village. During this dance, men choose their future brides and married women choose their daughters-in-law. The custom is practiced in Bulgaria, Northern Macedonia and Serbia.

Kukeri (mummers) - They are ritual carnival figures, dressed as beasts, always wearing head masks. The kukeri walk and dance through villages to scare away evil spirits with their costumes and the sound of their bells. The custom is performed also in Romania, Moldova, Serbia, Greece, Northern Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia as well as in Austria where it is called "Perchten".

Today, everywhere in Bulgaria, the Slavic custom, combined with ancient Thracian ritual practices to the Thracian god Dionysius, is celebrated at Sirni zagovezni. The Kukeri games aim with the special magic dances and the scary masks to scare and banish the evil spirits forever, so that they have a rich harvest in the next year. The men visit all the homes with wishes for health, fertility and well-being and collect gifts from the hosts. On the village square, the mummers play dances, ringing the bells that are hanging on them.

Naadam - traditional festival in Mongolia. The Mongols celebrate the festival in the form of a composition of songs, dances and blessings. In 2010, the celebration was inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List. The festival is popular with the "three games of men" - Mongolian wrestling, horse racing and archery, which in some ways are present in celebrating occasions such as weddings and spiritual gatherings.