Bergomask

A clumsy or comic dance, traditionally from the Bergamo region of Italy, often performed as entertainment by unsophisticated dancers.

From Bergamo, a city in northern Italy. The suffix '-mask' comes from Italian 'maschera' (mask). In Renaissance times, people from Bergamo were stereotyped as rustic and foolish, so their traditional dances became associated with clownish behavior in theatrical performances.