Ancient ritual dance from Romania arranged for orchestra and panflute solo (with some twists and turns).
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
2022 Dec. 10th, Henry Crown Concert Hall - Jerusalem Theatre
Panflute solo: Dalila Cernatescu
Conductor/arrangement: Ionut Pascu
The dance of the Calusari seems to be one of the oldest and most complex of the folk dances of Romania. The men who wished to enter the group of the Calusari came together outside the village, on the shore of a water, where, in a ritual, sworn to respect the rules of the group, including sexual abstinence. For ten days they live in a sacred time and space. During the entire period they wear a specific costume with bells on the legs, a stick, and sleep under churches to be protected by attacks from the Iele. The ceremony included magical practices and invocations, dances and ritual acts executed by the strictly organized group of men. After the ceremonial dances are finished at the end of the ten days, the men meet in the village, greet each other like after a long absence and life goes back to normal.
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21 сен 2024
