A class of dance centered on the use of one of these objects is split into xing (“shing”) and zhan types depending on whether the dancer is stationary. Dancers skip in a circle while clutching two handkerchiefs and one of these objects in outstretched hands during the Pashtun Khattak dance. (15[1])In a Persian wedding dance involving these objects, a series of dancers pick up one of these objects and perform until receiving money from the groom. While wearing colorful coats called daghla, two rows of men face each other with these objects in the Saudi ardah dance. Dancers perform acrobatic moves with these objects in Chinese (*) jian (“jee-EN”) wu. Two of these objects form an X on the ground in a Highlander (10[1])circle dance where they are sometimes substituted with the smaller dirk. For 10 points, name these weapons that are held in a raucous dance from the end of Aram Khachaturian’s Gayane. ■END■