Ţarina De La Abrud (Romania)


This circle dance (tsah-REE-nah deh lah ah-BROOD) was introduced by Mihai David, former member of the Romanian Folk Ballet, at the 1969 San Diego State College Folk Dance Conference. The word “tarina” means dust or ashes and is interpreted in the dance by the stamping steps in Fig II; “de la” means from, and Abrud is the name of a town in southwestern Transylvania. The “,” under the “T” changes the sound to “ts”. Dance notes…

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