sardana

plural sardanas · alternative Sardana

1. A type of circle dance originating in Catalonia.

   The Sardanas are danced in a circle. They are danced to the music of a curious orchestra of eleven instruments.

   1929 August 11, Olin Downes, “As to the Sardanas”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

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   Described by Franco as “an accursed differentiating agent” one edict “cited the tendency of the sardana to foment false feelings of pride and superiority among the Catalans, justifying the dance's prohibition” (Brandes 34).

   2012, Reneé Critcher Lyons, The Revival of Banned Dances, McFarland, →ISBN, page 103