PIPERANA Serbian
PRONUNCIATION:	pee-pehr-AH-nah
TRANSLATION:
SOURCE:	Bora Gajicki danced Piperana in the 1960s as part of the Pirot Suite in Serbia's Ansambl KOLO. Description by Dick Oakes, based on notation in the San Diego State University Folk Dance Conference notes, 1976.
BACKGROUND:	Pirot, a city of about 40,000 population (the second largest in Serbia), is the seat of government of the Pirotski District (which includes Babusnica, Bela Palanka, and Dimitrovgrad) in south eastern Serbia along the Nišava River Valley. The historical name of the city was Turres ("Tower").
MUSIC:	Borino Kolo Folk Ensembel (LP) BK-576
FORMATION:	Short lines of mixed M and W holding neighbors' belts in "X" pos, R arm under. If belts are not worn, dancers join hands low in "V" pos, NOT in front basket hold.
METER/RHYTHM:	2/4
STEPS/STYLE:	Dance begins with body bent at waist.
MEAS	MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION
	INTRODUCTION
1-8	No action.
I.	FIGURE ONE
1	Facing ctr with body bent at waist and moving to R in LOD, step R swd (ct 1); step L across in front of R (ct 2);
2-3	Repeat action of meas 1 two more times;
4	Jump to both ft together, straightening body (ct 1); low hop R (ct 2);
5	Moving slightly to L, low hop R (ct 1); step L (ct &); step R next to L (ct 2);
6	Repeat action of meas 5;
7	Jump to both ft with R fwd and wt predominantly on L (ct 1); low hop on L, reeling R around in back (ct 2);
8	Repeat action of meas 7 with opp ftwk;
9	Repeat action of meas 7;
10-11	Repeat action of meas 5-6 with opp ftwk;
12	Step R,L,R in place (cts 1,&,2).
13-24	Repeat action of meas 1-12 to L with opp ftwk.
II.	FIGURE TWO
1	Moving twd ctr, step R across in front of L (ct 1); low hop R (ct 2);
2	Repeat action of meas 1 with opp ftwk;
3-4	Repeat action of meas 1-2,
5-8	Moving bwd out of cir, repeat action of meas 1-4.
9-16	Repeat action of meas 1-8.
	Repeat entire dance from beg.
Copyright © 2003 by Dick Oakes