ŢĂRÎNĂ DE LA ABRUD Romanian
PRONUNCIATION:	TSUH-reu-nuh deh-lah ah-BROOD
TRANSLATION:	Dust or earth of Abrud
SOURCE:	Mihai David, formerly with the Romanian State Folk Dance Ensemble during the years 1963 to 1965, taught this dance to folk dancers in the United States.
BACKGROUND:	Abrud is a mining town in southwestern Transylvania. Winds distribute large amounts of dust (ţărînă) from abandoned mine tailing piles, rock blasts, and eroded soil, and deposits it over the ground (ţărînă).
MUSIC:	The Lark (45rpm) MD-3701, side B, band 2; Electrocord (7" EP) EPC 443.
FORMATION:	Closed cir of mixed M and W with hands joined and held at shldr height, elbows bent, in a modified "W" pos with hands somewhat outstretched.
METER/RHYTHM:	2/4
STEPS/STYLE:	Fig I has a ballroom elegance. Fig II has more of a down-to-ţărînă quality.
MEAS	MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION
	INTRODUCTION
	None.
I.	WALK AND PIVOT
1	Moving twd ctr, step R (ct 1); step L (ct 2);
2	Step R (ct 1); releasing handhold, but keeping hands up, pivot CCW on R while closing L to R without wt (ct 2);
3-4	Rejoin handhold with neighbors and repeat action of meas 1-2 twd outside of cir with opp ftwk and turning CW on ct 2.
5-16	Repeat action of meas 1-4 three more times.
II.	STAMPS
1	Step R in place (ct 1); stamp L without wt (ct &); step L in place (ct 2); stamp L without wt (ct &);
2	Step R swd (ct 1); step L across in back of R 9ct &); step R swd (ct 2); step L across in back of R (ct &);
3-4	Repeat action of Fig II, meas 1-2;
5-6	Repeat action of Fig II, meas 1 only, two more times;
7	Repeat action of Fig II, meas 2;
8	Step R swd (ct 1); stamp L next to R without wt (ct &); stamp L next to R without wt (ct 2); pause (ct &).
9-16	Repeat action of Fig II, meas 1-8, to L with opp fwk.
	Repeat entire dance from beg.
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