Jen Campbell
Many of the dances on The Alien Diaries recently have been about weddings. Today's dance is Periniţa from the Romanian region of Muntenia. It is pronounced "perinitza." The dance is in sârba rhythm, a popular dance form in southern Romania similar to the Serbian Cacak or Bulgarian Pravo Horo.
The idea behind the dance is to "capture" a partner with a scarf. Both women and men can pick partners. They kiss after their turn at the dance and move on to find other partners until the music ends.
Periniţa can be done as a hora (group), couple or even as a threesome (1:44). The threesome part reminds me of the Russian dance Troika. At 2:48 two couples kiss. It's really sweet!
You can read the story behind the dance here. It was a favorite of the dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, and under his regime it was the last dance at every party. It's still popular from what I've seen on YouTube.
Once you listen to Periniţa, it will live on in your head for days because it's a catchy, repetitive tune, also known as an earworm.
Here is another version of Periniţa performed at the wedding of Marius and Geana in Galati.
If you enjoyed this you will also like:
The "Flavors" of Romanian Hora
The "Flavors" of Romanian Sirba
Romanian Wedding Videos from the Universe of YouTube
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