Oromnia (Romania)


From the Muntenia region of southeastern Romania. The villages of Romania’s southern plainland (along the Danube) are the richest repository for the “classical” type of circle dance known as the hora. Dances in this category number in the hundreds; they are usually large circles of men and women with hands joined, moving in a slow-to-moderate 2/4 or 6/8 meter. with relatively simple steps in various directions. Learned from Dick Crum, 1984. Dance notes…

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