farandole
Americannoun
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farandoles
plural
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a lively dance, of Provençal origin, in which all the dancers join hands and execute various figures.
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the music for this dance.
noun
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a lively dance in six-eight or four-four time from Provence
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a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
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Etymology
Origin of farandole
1860–65; < French < Provençal farandoulo, perhaps a conflation of b ( a ) randello with same sense, derivative of brandà to move, rock (< Germanic; see brandish) and flandrinà to dawdle, ultimately derivative of Flandres Flanders
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After the lights went up, Lacroix joined the crowds and danced the farandole, the heels-up peasant dance of Provence.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said Archbishop Joachim Ndayen of the Central African Republic: "We didn't come thousands of kilometers to dance a farandole."
From Time Magazine Archive
This farandole, which was quite a kilometre long, went round and round the bazaars all day, up and down and in and out, stopping all the traffic, as if a real caravan was passing' through.
From Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville by Lady Mary Sophia (Hely-Hutchinson) Loyd
And, hand clasping hand, they swung out into the farandole.
From The Maids of Paradise by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
A huge bonfire had been lit in the square, in front of the café where Mistral and his friend Zidore were having a party that night… The farandole started up.
From Letters from my Windmill by Alphonse Daudet
The other leaves, and then the harvesters continue their merry-making, with singing and farandoles, about a great bonfire in honor of Saint John.
From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Charles Alfred Downer
Hither no doubt came often the son of Bernardone, leading one of those farandoles which you may see there to this day: from his very babyhood he was a prince among the children.
From Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Louise Seymour Houghton
Moreover, Sid'Omar's gold cushions were dancing fabulous farandoles round me and making sleep impossible….
From Letters from my Windmill by Alphonse Daudet
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