September 22, 2025, Monday Playlist, Ehun Argargunen (Basque) - Dancing Weekly through October

[katia mucha]

Hi, dancers,

Tom noted that on Friday, "Rick has been playing more of the dances that we haven't done recently, 

which is nice. For example, he taught 'Slow Hora and Hora Boiereasca,' an easy combination of

two dances that people really enjoy."  

On Monday Tom taught the above dances as well; and the first day of autumn inspired a dance to

a song for harvesting, De Secerat from Romania. Liz asked about the lyrics, so we've included 

them at the end of the playlist. "I Love to Harvest when the wheat sways in the wind."

Tom also taught a very somber Basque dantza, Ehun Argargunen, the Dance of 100 Widows.  

It was written to commemorate the drowning of Basque sailors during a hurricane in 1912 (coincidentally, 

the same year that the Titanic went down).  The second video in the Folk Dance Musings  link is especially worth watching,  Here is an extended version.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI5N846KT0c&list=RDGI5N846KT0c

Women's dance, fire dance,
the dance of those who will be born,
Pain dance, joy dance :
the dance of life itself. 

Dancing weekly in September  and October  

on Monday and Friday.

PLAYLIST Monday, September 22, 2025

1.     Athela Mou (Greece)

2.     Tropca (Romania)

3.     Siroon Gakav (Armenia)

4.     Opa Opa Ta Bouzoukia (Greece)

5.     Moj Maro, Moj Marine (Albania)

6.     Sabrali sa se, Sabrali (Bulgaria)

7.     Biserka (Serbia)

8.     Slow Hora and Hora Boiereasca (Romania) TAUGHT

 https://folkdancemusings.blogspot.com/2024/07/slow-hora-and-hora-boiereasca-romania.html

                   9.  Ehun Algargunen Dantza (Basque) TAUGHT

 https://folkdancemusings.blogspot.com/2025/06/ehun-alargunen-dantza-basque.html

10.  De Secerat (Romania) – A Dance of Autumn

11.  Hora Dupa Anton Pann (Romania)
 https://folkdancemusings.blogspot.com/2023/04/hora-dupa-anton-pann-romania.html

12.  Nagaiki Samba (Japan) – For the Day of Respect for the Aged

13.  L’Homme Qui Marche (France)

14.  Sardana Curta (Catalonia)

15.  Jerusalema (Angola/South Africa)

16.  Masar (Sacred Circle “Palestinian:)

17.  Debka Kafrit (Israel)

             18.  Kvar Acherei Chatsot (Israel)

Song for De Secerat 

I love to harvest when the wheat sways in the wind

With all my heart, I love to harvest. When the wheat sways
The wind begins to blow, the birds sing. This evening, everything will be finished.

I love Maramureş* with all my heart.
In summer when the forest is green
All the villagers gather to harvest together

The is joy in the summer.

God gave us
Plentiful rain
The plants grew
And we gathered the blessed wheat.

From childhood
My mother taught me to harvest
From morning to evening, she stacked the hay While singing.

Ear of wheat, if you didn’t exist
The soil would be poor
The field would be small and the bread not good. And the host would not turn out well.

Ear of light wheat, be blessed We give thanks that you exist.

*Northern region of Romania

(from 2018 Lyrids Folk Dance Festival Notes)

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