Gorani is a style or family of dances, sometimes also called Daronee (or “from Daron”) from the valleys of Moush, Sassoun, and Daron in western Armenia, an area that is now eastern Turkey that was inhabited by Armenians from the 8th century BCE until the Armenian genocide of 1915. As Laura Shannon writes in her Gorani is a style or family of dances, sometimes also called Daronee (or “from Daron”) from the valleys of
Moush, Sassoun, and Daron in western Armenia, an area that is now eastern Turkey that was inhabited by Armenians from the 8th century BCE until the Armenian genocide of 1915. As Laura Shannon writes in her pamphlet “Gorani:” “Gorani is also a term of endearment: the longing for the lost homeland and the lost beloved are one.” This is a women’s dance. Learned from Eddie Djololian, 2002. Presented at the 2006 Stockton Folk Dance camp by Erik Bendix. Dance notes…
