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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 10469146, member: 2844&quot;]It is also danced in the Asian part of Turkey where it originated, along the Black Sea coast.</p><p>The hora isn&#039;t danced in Hungary, and given the costumes the scene is Romanian, possibly Moldovan. Part of Moldova has a Romanian culture and a shared history.</p><p>At least two of the musicians are Roma of the Lautari clan, descendants of slaves who were designated as musicians. Lauta = lute, hence Lautari. Romanian Roma slaves were called after the profession they worked in for their Romanian masters. The slaves wore long white tunics, which you see on two of the musicians.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know when the original was painted, but Romania was one of the first countries to abolish slavery, in the 1850s, if I remember correctly. This could have been painted just pre- or just post-abolition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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