Re: Sirba

[Helen Winkler <winklerh...>]

Sorry I posted my message before reading Paul's. I'll e-mail my friend and
see if she can shed some light on whether there's a dance connection to
Serbia.
Helen
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul M. Gifford" <PGIFFORD (at) flint(dot)umich(dot)edu>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: Sirba


> "Michel Borzykowski" <borzykowski (at) infomaniak(dot)ch> wrote:
>
> A question about the SIRBA: Has this dance anything to do with the SERBIA
(the country) ?
>
> Yes, at least that in Romanian, it means Serbian. My favorite
> translation of the word sarba (pre- and post-Communist orthography)
> appears on a 1950s American bootleg: "Serbian Lady, Be Ready."
>
> Paul Gifford
>
>
>

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