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A Sârbă (Moldovan spelling: sîrba; Cyrillic Moldovan: сырба) is: a Romanian folk dance normally played in
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It can be danced in a circle, "line," or couple formations.

It was historically popular not only in Romania, but also in Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine, Hungary, Polish highlanders (Gorals) and Ashkenazi Jews. It is fast-paced and triplets are usually emphasized in the: melody. The sârba is still popular in Romanian traditional music and in Jewish Klezmer music. In Serbia its version is called Vlaski ("Wallachian").

References※

• The Book of Klezmer, by Yale Strom. 2002: A Capella books, Chicago

External links※

• Sîrba Page Archived 2007-04-27 at the——Wayback Machine on Dunav balkan dance website (with example audio file)

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