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The “Tradi\u0163ii” Assembly<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Assembly was founded in 2006 and comprises students of our university as well as of other universities from Cluj. The dance assembly is divided into two groups: a professional group (16 pairs) and a beginners group (8 pairs \u2013 only students of USAMV).<\/p>\n

The orchestra comprises renowned instrumentalists of Cluj, all of them having graduated specialized higher education institutions.<\/p>\n

Traditions” Ensemble – Somesul Napoca of the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine from the town of  Cluj Napoca, Romania was founded in 1973 by its artistic director, Mr. Dr. Zamfir Dejeu.<\/p>\n

The aim of the group is to preserve and to cultivate the genuine folk creation of Romania, and especially that coming from Transylvania, remarkable by its specificity and universality.<\/p>\n

The dancers have in their repertory about fifty traditional dances, which come from almost all the folk areas of the country, like: Somes Valley, The Transylvanian Plain, Bihor, Maramure\u015f,Valea Agrijului, Codru, Podi\u015ful Seca\u015felor, Hunedoara and the instrumentalists can play an impressive number of songs from our folklore treasure.<\/p>\n

The exact interpretation of the famous Romanian dances and of the played songs comes directly from folklore research carried by the group\u2019s rulers, and proves the characteristics of the traditional Romanian creation.<\/p>\n

The most complex dances in the group\u2019s repertory are the ones from the Transylvanian Plain (the villages of Tritenii de Jos and F\u0103r\u0103u): Purtata<\/em>, Fecioreasca cu fat\u0103, \u00cenv\u00e2rtita<\/em> in the aksak rhythm, or \u00cenv\u00e2rtita rar\u0103<\/em> and deas\u0103<\/em>, in the straight rhythm (\u00cen dou\u0103 laturi, H\u0103r\u0163ag<\/em>). The binary, syncopated and asymmetric rhythms create a real polyrhythmicalness on the vertical line, and an unimagined polymetry on the horizontal line. We mention that  <\/strong>lad\u2019s dance in Romania recognised by  UNESCO Heritage – 2015.<\/p>\n

The classical Transylvanian trio, which consists of vioar\u0103 <\/em>(violin), contr\u0103<\/em> and contrabas <\/em>(double bass), is interpreting the dance music. The dancers take turns in an imaginative dialogue on different themes, such as about the dance. The boy\u2019s dances are moments of great virtuosity. They slap their boots, competing against each other, and in the end each of them takes his girl and spins her around, out of pleasure or for the spectator\u2019s delight. That\u2019s how the so-called artistic euphoria is created. All these are completed by the chromatic variety of the festive Romanian national costumes, with all the colours of the earth on them. All the costumes have white fond and geometric  or floral figures.<\/p>\n

The group has two videocassettes and one CD-Videos and a DVD, while the orchestra has a disc that has been edited at the International Festival in Montoire France, an Electrecord disc, a CD and two audiocassettes. Many different instruments, typical for the Romanian folk music, are used: the shepherd\u2019s whistle, \u201ctaragot\u201d, bugle-violin,   \u201cdaireaua\u201d.<\/p>\n

The CD comprises folkloric material that has been, for a long time now, part of the repertory of the instrumentalist soloists, of the orchestra and of the dance group. This material has been turned to its best having in mind the initial interpretations of the genuine folk bearers. There are also pieces of great popularity and virtuosity, like the well-known Cioc<\/em>\u00e2rlia <\/em>(The lark), for instance, which is interpreted in a very authentic manner.<\/p>\n

Since its foundation up to present, the group has got numerous national and international prizes, of which the most important are:<\/p>\n

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