Barynya is a fast

Russian folk dance Russian folk dance (russian: Русский народный танец) is an important part of Russian culture. Some of the unique characteristics suggest that many elements were developed by the early Russian population. History Many Russian ...

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music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect ...

. The origins of the Barynya dance developed in the Eurasian region of the

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. The word ''barynya'' (Russian: Барыня, landlady) was used in

Old Russian Old East Slavic (traditionally also Old Russian; be, старажытнаруская мова; russian: древнерусский язык; uk, давньоруська мова) was a language used during the 9th–15th centuries by East ...

or Rus' lands as a form of addressing to a woman of higher class, literally when translated means “landlady”, a feminine form for the word ''"barin"'', landlord. The Barynya dance is an alternation of chastushkas and frenetic dancing. Originally the dancing was without special choreography. The main characteristics of the Barynya dance are traditional elements of Russian folk dance like Russian squatting, rotations, jumps and sprited stomping. The main instruments of Baryna are

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Garmon The garmon ( rus, гармо́нь, p=gɐˈrmonʲ, links=yes, from rus, гармо́ника, p=gɐˈrmonʲɪkə, r=garmonika, cognate of English ''harmonica''), commonly called garmoshka, is a kind of Russian button accordion, a free-reed wi ...

.{{Cite web, title=Russian dance Barynya {{! RusClothing.com, url=https://www.rusclothing.com/blog/russian-dance-barynya/, website=www.rusclothing.com, access-date=2020-05-29 The Barynya chastushkas used to have the refrain, kind of "Барыня, барыня, сударыня-барыня", "Barynya, barynya, sudarynya-barynya", or "Барыня ты моя, сударыня ты моя". The content was often humoristic, even lewd. There are a number of scenic, more refined versions of the dance. A number of Russian folkloric dance ensembles bear the name.

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mp3 sample: Click on the small icon to the left of "Barynya Music by P.Chesnokov"
Russian folk dances Syllabus-free dance Partial squatting position