farandole
Americannoun
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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
It was a sort of enormous quadrille with numerous figures and farandole, while one sat on a chair between the figures, as at a cotillon.
From His Hour by Glyn, Elinor
We've got music from Avignon, bulls, processions, and the farandole; it will be magnificent….
From Letters from my Windmill by Daudet, Alphonse
At the celebrations at the Fonvieille fete, he actually led the farandole.
From Letters from my Windmill by Daudet, Alphonse
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 Houghton, Louise Seymour
Moreover, Sid'Omar's gold cushions were dancing fabulous farandoles round me and making sleep impossible….
From Letters from my Windmill by Daudet, Alphonse
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 Downer, Charles Alfred
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