#folk dance

• Swaying dance steps — Name given in certain regions to the rapid, alternating, and swaying dance steps of a folk game or, in some dialects, an archaic plural variant used erroneously or regionally for cornmeal pastry products. In a folklore context, it represents a swaying movement specific to group dances executed at village celebrations.
• Small hazel bush — Diminutive form for 'alun' (small hazel bush). In Romanian folklore, it represents a traditional, highly dynamic group folk dance with a fast tempo, typically performed in a circle or line, as well as the instrumental melody that accompanies it.
• Arapeasca dance — The feminine form of the archaic adjective 'arăpesc' (relating to Araps, Moors, or Ottomans); as a noun, it designates a traditional Romanian folk dance with lively, jerky movements, performed with masks or stomping during winter ritual games, recalling old exotic and Balkan cultural influences.
• Arcanul — The articulated form of the noun 'arcan'; it represents an old Romanian folk dance from the Bucovina region, performed exclusively by men, characterized by vigorous movements, rhythmic shouts, and stamping, structurally reminiscent of forced military recruitment rituals. In an esoteric, tarot, or mystical philosophical context, the term denotes the supreme secret, symbolic key, or fundamental mystery within a set of initiatory knowledge.
• Ardeleană — The feminine form of 'ardelean'; pertaining to Ardeal (Transylvania) or its inhabitants, relating to this historical region. In a musical and choreographic context, it denotes a rhythmic folk melody or a traditional Romanian couples' dance specific to the Transylvanian area, structurally characterized by elegant, swaying movements and cadenced rhythmic stomping.
• Young Transylvanian — A diminutive and endearing form of the noun 'ardelean'; a young man from Ardeal, symbolically characterized in folklore by calmness, diligence, and structural fairness. As a proper noun in choreographic contexts, it denotes a traditional rapid folk dance from Transylvania or the rhythmic instrumental melody accompanying this dance, spread especially in ethnographic contact zones between provinces.
• Arnăuțească dance — A traditional Romanian folk dance with a fast, vigorous, and staccato rhythm, specific to the regions of Muntenia and Moldova, originally performed exclusively by men and historically derived from the warlike movements of the arnăuți. As an adjective, it describes something belonging to or characteristic of the arnăuți.