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Goraxa Dance or Guoxie Dance, emeaning singing and dancing in a circle,  is a popular folk dance in Xigaze and Shannan prefectures of the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Participants enclose a big circle, singing and dancing being led by one person and proceed clockwise which is in accordance with the "spinning right" in Tibetan Buddhism.

Each type of music has a corresponding dance. When the music is slow, participants sing loudly and walk slowly, raising their hands on the same side and waving. When the music turns quicker, people become aroused and the waves like "Yishunbian" become more obvious.