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The Society of Folk Dance Historians (SFDH) Craiúele de la Meri
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BACKGROUND
Information: A dance.
Translation: Marigold of Meri village
Pronunciation: crai-EUEH-leh deh lah MEHR-ee
Source: Theodor Vasilescu.
Region: Village of Meri, Oltenia, Romania.
Formation: Circle of dancers, hands joined low.
Description: Richard Duree
| MEAS | FIGURES | |
| 1. | Figure 1 |
| 1 | Step-hop on R and L ft in LOD (cts 1&2&); step-close-step RLR (cts 3&4). |
| 2 | Run 7 steps bkwd in RLOD - LRLRLRL (cts 1&2&3&4). |
| 3-8 | Rpt Meas 1,2 three more times. |
| 2. | Figure 2 |
| 1 | Step-hop on R and L ft in LOD (cts 1&2&); touch R heel L fwd diag (ct 3); hop on L ft and lift R ft to R side low (ct &); close R ft sharply to L ft without weight (ct 4). |
| 2-4 | Rpt Meas 1 three more times. |
| 3. | Figure 3 |
| 1 | Run 4 steps bkwd RLOD - RLRL (cts 1&2&); step-hop bkwd RLOD R and L ft, turning to face ctr (cts 3&4&). |
| 2 | Step L fwd diag on R ft (ct 1); step in place on L ft (ct &): step in place on R ft (ct 2); step R fwd diag on L ft (ct &); step in place on R ft (ct 3); step in place on L ft (ct &); close R ft sharply to L ft (ct 4). |
| 3-4 | Rpt Meas 1,2. |
| 4. | Figure 4 |
| 1-2 | Step R on R ft and stamp L ft in place (cts 1&); step L on L ft and stamp R ft in place (cts 2&); rpt step-stamp four more times (cts 3&4&5&6&); stamp R ft in place (ct 7); stamp R ft in place (ct 8). |
| 3 | Step-hop R and L bkwd from ctr (cts 1&2&); step-close-step RLR to R (cts 3&4); stamp L ft in place (ct &). |
| 4 | Step side-close-side LRL to L (cts 1&2); stamp R ft in place (ct &); stamp R ft in place ft in place (ct 3); stamp in place (ct 4). |
DOCUMENTS
- Romania, a country.
- Theoeor Vasilescu, an article.
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