43rd National Táncház Festival & Fair • 5–7 April 2024
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Căluş is a dance ritual performed only by men, only during Pentecost in villages in the Oltenia and Munténia regions of Romania. Ónodi Béla reports on a two week collection trip he and some friends went on to Oltenia at end of May/beg of June, 2003 to research and witness this dance tradition and go to a călus dance festival there, while also providing short summary of the elements and some history on this custom