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taraful haiducilor (a.k.a. Taraf de Haïdouks) are a troupe of Romanian Gypsy musicians, from the town of Clejani, the most prominent such group in Romania in the post-Communist Era.
“Haiduc” or “haiduk” is a word of Balkan origin which means something like “outlaw”; in Romanian it has a rustic or archaic connotation. Most of those who know the band in the Western world know them by way of French-speaking areas, where they are known as “Taraf de Haïdouks”, since French lacks a genitive case. They are known in their native Romania as “taraful haiducilor”. Roughly, this means “band of outlaws”, but “taraf” is also the traditional name for a group of lăutari (traditional Romanian Gypsy musicians).
The group formed in 1989, shortly before the death of dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu. The original group encompassed about a dozen musicians; later configurations were to include as many as thirty. Early contacts in the West included Swiss ethnomusicologist Laurent Aubert and Belgian musician Stéphane Karo.
“Haiduc” or “haiduk” is a word of Balkan origin which means something like “outlaw”; in Romanian it has a rustic or archaic connotation. Most of those who know the band in the Western world know them by way of French-speaking areas, where they are known as “Taraf de Haïdouks”, since French lacks a genitive case. They are known in their native Romania as “taraful haiducilor”. Roughly, this means “band of outlaws”, but “taraf” is also the traditional name for a group of lăutari (traditional Romanian Gypsy musicians).
The group formed in 1989, shortly before the death of dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu. The original group encompassed about a dozen musicians; later configurations were to include as many as thirty. Early contacts in the West included Swiss ethnomusicologist Laurent Aubert and Belgian musician Stéphane Karo.
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Two new Taraf videos !
19 Oct 2007 | from blog.myspace.com/tarafdehaidouksbandofgypsies
OSTINATO is a music video shot in Romania, based on the
Taraf's reinterpretation of the Bartok piece from Mikrokosmos.
ROMANIAN FOLK DANCES shows the Taraf during a recording session for
Maskarada,...
- Two new Taraf videos ! 19 Oct 2007 | from blog.myspace.com/tarafdehaidouksbandofgypsies
- Two new Taraf videos ! 19 Oct 2007 | from blog.myspace.com/tarafdehaidouksbandofgypsies
- Two new Taraf videos ! 19 Oct 2007 | from blog.myspace.com/tarafdehaidouksbandofgypsies
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