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TRADITIONAL

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Romania possesses a rich and complex thesaurusof folklore. Romanian folk dances, well knownthrough their beauty and great diversity, are part of

this thesaurus together with folk songs, anecdotes,legends and poetry; they appear in a great varietyof regional forms, and are known under the name ofhoras or dances

Any "dance" is a combination of elements:formation, regional style; motifs, musical rhythm,choreography and the social occasion. A change inone or more of these elements can give anotherdance, sometimes too subtle for a visitor to

understand Many Romanian dances are accompanied by loud

shouts and calls known as Strigturiwhich arecalled rhythmically, but often across the musicalmelody and rhythm
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OR

DANCE

Hora is the name for the large

circle dance and is the mostwidespread dance in Romania,partly because any number ofparticipants of both men andwomen, of any ability or age,can join in. Hora is frequently

performed as a ritual dance atweddings and funerals. Insouthern Romania andMoldavia Hora is theintroductory dance to thedance cycle, whereas in

Transylvania and Maramure itis rarely performed at thevillage Hora.


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The hold in Horahas the hands joined at shoulder height

and held slightly forward. The formation is a closed circle,

apart from in some parts of Banat and north Oltenia where

it is danced in an open circle with a leader who can take

the dance into a spiral. Mostly these dances progress to

the right, often with a diagonal forward and back path.


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BRASOVEANCA

Brasoveancait is a pair dance, the pairs are

dancing on a rhythm which is becoming more

and more alert.


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And, three steps forward and three back

That's Brasoveanca which we dance

Three steps forward and three back

That's Brasoveanca which we dance

The girl goes left than she passes right The girl goes left, that's Brasoveanca, hey! (Bis

stanza)

That is how the girl dances

Also on the left and right!And forward and back,

As we dance!


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PERINITA

"Perinita" (the little pillow) is a distinctive Romanian

dance of the kiss.

It is a hora dance, in which alternatively, men and

women pick their partners from the circle of the

dancers, for a short swirl, and a kiss upon the

dance floor while kneeling in the middle of the hora,

on a little pillow or on an embroidered handkerchief.


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After the kissing, the last chosen will choose a

new partner, while his former partner takes his

place into the hora.

This dance is performed on the night of the

New Year and is the last hora on the wedding

celebrations


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SARBADANCE

Like Hora, an open circle formation is the

norm, apart from south Oltenia where it is

generally danced in a closed circle.

The dancers at each end are the leaders,

with other dancers joining into the middle

of line during the dance


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CIULEANDRA

Ciuleandra is aspecific type of

Srba from

north Oltenia

and Muntenia. It is danced in

small circles,

which change

places with

other small

circles in the

dance area.


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CALUSUL

The Calus, ritual folk dance it hasbeen included in the intangibleheritage of UNESCO

Performed in the Olt region ofsouthern Romania, the Cluritualdance also formed part of thecultural heritage of the Vlachs ofBulgaria and Serbia

The Calus is only performed onPentecost, for the three days of thetraditional holiday;

Its primordial meanings are lost intime, but folklorists and historiansbelieve that the dance was either afertility ritual or a ritual performed tocure off delirium caused bypossession by iele (fairies)


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The Cluritual features a series of

games, skits, songs and dances, and was

enacted by all-male Cluaridancers to

the accompaniment of two violins and an

accordion. Young men used to be initiatedinto the ritual by a vataf (master) who had

inherited the knowledge of descntece

(magic charms) and the dance steps from

his predecessor. Groups of Cluari

dancers, sporting colourful hats,

embroidered shirts and trousers adornedwith small jingling bells, perform complex

dances, which combine stamping, clicking

of the heels, leaping and swinging of the

legs.

The Calus is supposed to bring luck and

keep away disease and evil spirits.


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The dance includes the following elements.

The starting figure of walking (plimbri), ora basic step, in a circle moving counter

clockwise.More complex figures (micare) performedin place between walking steps.

Figures are formed from combinations of

elements, often have a beginning-middle-

end structure.
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Now days, the "calusari", often accompanied bya masked personage (the mute) carry clubs and

are performing dances of great virtuosity. Theunexpected developments of the dance areaccompanied by "strigaturi" (humorous orsatirical verse chanted during the dance) andthe tunes sung by the groups of interpreters.


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We hope that you liked our

traditional dances.

Now, many of these dances lost their firstsignificance , but there are still danced on

the important events: marriage, birth or

other events.

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