Romanian dances on the Gaina Mountain in Romania

Ţara Moţilor, also known as Ţara de Piatră ("The Stone Land") is an ethnogeographical region of Romania in the Apuseni Mountains, on the superior basin of the Arieş River and Crişul Alb River rivers.

Ţara Moţilor's inhabitants are know as "moţi". Some scholars consider the 'moţi' as descendants of the Celts, because of their blonde hair and blue eyes, elements more frequent here than among other Romanians; however, the hypothesis is not accepted by mainstream historians due to its lack of consistency. Yet another group of scholars consider them the descendants of Germanic tribes (Gepids). Due to their blonde hair and blue eyes, so far seventeen theories regarding their origins have been formulated. The first, and most probable and accepted theory, is that they are direct descendants of the Dacians.

They live in scattered villages at altitudes up to about 1,400 m, higher than any other permanent settlements in Romania. The 'Ţara Moţilor' traditionally begins at Bistra, just before Câmpeni, formerly called Topani by the motis themselves or Topesdorf by the Austrians, traditionally considered the 'capital' of the 'moti', while the villages down the Arieş River towards Turda such as Lupsa, Salciua etc. are inhabited by the 'mocani'. The 'moţi' were also known under the name of 'topi' (in German 'Die Zopfen'). Before the last change of the old administrative boundaries there existed an 'Arieş' county in its own right.

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[TULUZ4]

Aista-i ansamblu folcloric din Aletea (ungureşte ELEK) din Ungaria, şi dansez dansuri tradiţionale româneşti aletene şi micherechene (Micherechi - Méhkerék).

Departe-s ei de moţi.

[bercuvlahu]

Filmarile is de la un festival de pe muntele Gaina, din Tara Motilor chiar daca cei care danseaza sunt din Aletea cum zici tu.

[nemethmik]

Great music and dances. Similar dances were very popular in the dance houses in Budapest in the 80's. Those dances, veary similar or same were from the Rumanian community living in Bekes county (Hungary) near the Rumanian border. Rumania is a great power in dances and traditional folk music. Every effort should be made to preserve this fantastic heritage.

[rodica69]

First of all, Transilvania is in Romania, not in Hungary. Just go check a map.

Secondly, the first centralized Getae-Dacian state was founded by a Dacian man named Burebista (or Buerebista). Than, in 60/59 BC, he attacked and vanquished the Celtic tribes of Boii and Taurisci, who dwelt along the Middle Danube.

Not a very Celtic friendly version, is it?

As for these dancers: they are obviously some Lords of the dance fans. :)) I assure you, in Tzara Motzilor people don't dance like this.

[cafta]

@GruManu aaa no its not!

[alarik36]

The gepids originating in Västergötland as the musicgroup Timoteij. There are many in northern Poland, Lithuania(?) and southern Ukraine who looks like them, maybe some hungarians too(?). There must be a connection with gepids and goths. If there would be romanians who were related with them, they would look like Timoteij etc. Those on the video could be descendants from dacians: watch?v=13odhDwdoGw

[GruManu]

These are Hungarian folks, dancing on Hungarian playing music, THEY ARE HUNGARIANS NOT ROMANIANS .

You post a video in English language and MISLEAD many viewers.

[GruManu]

@bercuvlahu

Dar orice ai spune ESTE dans unguresc, nu romanesc.

[cafta]

@AryanBulgar okey..succes on making babies :))..

[AryanBulgar]

@cafta Man, you're just another pretend-to-be-more-than-the-sh­it-he-is romanian, keep blurbing.

[cafta]

@AryanBulgar i can see from your posts that everything is passing true your huge worthless cucumber head..you can`t understand the meaning of "the worst"...the worst means its not superior not even to animals!

[AryanBulgar]

@cafta Superior than you anyway.

[cafta]

@AryanBulgar yeah but bulgarians are not bad!..they are the worst:)