Balkan folk dance music downloads

Alunelul De La Goicea is a fast Alunelul from Oltenia (in Romania).

Alunelul de la Izbiceni is an alunelul from Izbiceni, Romania. Izbiceni is a village in Muntenia on the Dunav river next to the Bulgarian border.

Two versions of Arcanul, a common dance in the Moldavian region of Romania.

Arcanul Batrinesc is a slow Arcanul from the Moldavia region in Romania. Batrin means "ancient or "old" and it is a common "surname" to dances from all over Romania: Invirtita Batrineasca Din Oas (Oas), Joc Batrinesc (Dobrugea), Trei Pazeste Batrinesc (Oltenia), to name just a few.

Asa Beau Oamnii Buni is a popular hymn from Transylvania that is sung all over Romania.

Baitaneasca is a simple dance with great music from the Moldavia region in Romania. [see the video]

Batrineasca Din Bocovina is a fun Romanian dance with a catchy tune from the Bucovina region in north Moldavia.

Batuta is a actually a family of dances with many versions. It is typical of south Moldavia and Dobrogea in Romania.

In Koprivshtitsa, on the Northwest Bulgarian stages (i.e., Montana and Vidin), you can find Bulgarian groups wearing costumes that look Romanian, dancing dances such as Batuta, Rata/Raca, and Calusar to tunes that sound Romanian. But in Bulgaria, they are Bulgarian dances!

Batuta Munteneasca is one of our "hot shot" dances that we sometimes put on if we get a second wind towards the end of dancing.

Bota is actually a family of dances found in north & central Transylvania. It's a men's stick dance, danced holding one long stick, like the Calusar. There are many variations; this one is a melody that doesn't leave you.

A Romanian Sirba.

Ca La Nunta La Artari is Romanian (Romanian gypsy, actually) wedding music from Muntenia. (Nunta means wedding in Romanian)

Calusari is an old ritual dance from Oltennia, in south Romania. More

A folk song from Maramuresh, this version of Citui Maramuresu (Large as Maramuresh) is a field recording of Maria Orza from the Sighetu Marmatiei village in Maramures.

De a Lungul is a Romanian couple's dance from Transylvania.

De Beut Din Hoteni is a Romanian men's dance from Maramures.

One of Mihai David's dances, De Doi Din Banat is a couple's dance from the Banat region in Romania.

An unusual exception to the rule from Oltenia, Dianca is a Romanian dance in 11/8 + 9/8 meters.

Fecioreasca Fetelor Din Crihalma is a girls dance from Crihalma, from the sub region Brasov (Fagaras area) in South Transilvania.

Haulita is a love song from Oltenia in Romania, about a woman howling so that her lover will be able to find her. In the villages, they cup their hands over their mouths during the howling parts.

Hora Cimpulungului is a dance for couples in a circle from Cimpulungului in the Moldavian region of Romania.

Another great dance from the Moldavia region in Romania.

One of our long time favorites, Hora De Langesti is a good beginning of the evening dance. We have set strigaturi that we shout to it, with the leader calling and the dancers answering.

Live recording of Hora Din Caval from one of our parties.

Hora Din Negotin is from the Timoc river valley. The dance is similar to the Serbian Vlaske dance Vlajna.

Music from the Bukovina region in Romania for Hora Mare Bucovineana, an easy dance that is very popular with us.

Hora Nunilor Mari, a pretty, flowing dance from Romania.

A fun dance from the Moldavia region in Romania, Hora Pe Loc has 10 parts, each slightly different than the one before it. Oh, and every once in a while, there's an extra stamp. None of the parts are hard, it's just a challenge to keep them in order and to remember where the extra stamps come in.

Hora Lui Dobrica is a dance from the Moldavia region in Romania.

Fun Romanian music with strigaturi (the shouting that often accompanies Romanian dances).

Jiana is a Romanian dance from Transylvania. This is a great version of it, probably NOT the version that you're used to... But if you are familiar with the song/dance, you will recognize it as Jiana.

Jiana Veche is from Transylvania, Romania. We learned it as Jiana din Avrig from Sunni Bloland when she was here in Israel.

Joc Din Slatina is a Vlach dance from Slatina in Olts, a subregion of Oltenia in the Timoc river valley.

Hungarian foursome dances are another type of dance found in Transylvania. Joc In Patru means "Dance for Four". It's a couple's dance tradionally danced by two couples. The music comes from north Transylvania.

Jocul De A Lungul is dance from Transylvania, Romania.

A fun dance from the Murguletul family of dances, from the sub region Dimbovita.

Oas Dance is an example of very typical music from Oas, one of the most interesting sub-regions of Transylvania.

Perinita is a Romanian folk dance that is danced at weddings. A person with a handkerchief dances inside a circle and chooses a person of an opposite sex by placing the handkerchief aro. Then the first person goes back into the circle, leaving the person he picked to dance in the middle.

Very exciting Romanian music from Moldavia.

Poloxia Ca La Goica is a fast Romanian dance from Oltenia.

Rata is a popular dance from the Moldavia region in Romania.

Salajan is a Romanian couples dance from the Salaj region in Transylvania.

Saraca Inima Me is popular hymn from Transylvania, but it is well known throughout Romania.

A wonderful version of Sirba, one of the basic dances in Romania.

Sirba Calusereasca is from the Calusari family of dances. From Oltenia, a region known for its fast dances, it's one of the fastest dances we know. We like it because of all the shouting....

Sirba Olteneasca is from Oltenia, Romania.

A popular sirba from the Oltenia region in Romania.

Dance from Mures County in north Transylvania.

Very fast dance from the Trei Pazeste family of dances.

Trei Pazeste is actually a family of dances from the region of Oltenia. The dances are characterized by fast steps and similar patterns. This one is is from the sub region Dolj on the Bulgarian border.