SÂRBA PE BĂTAIE Romanian
PRONUNCIATION:	SEUR-bah pay buh-TAI-yeh
TRANSLATION:	Stamping sârba (literally, Serbian on stamps)
SOURCE:	Gordon Engler collected the source material for this dance from the Romanian Folk Ensemble during the group's 1966 United States tour.
BACKGROUND:	The "stamping sârba" is the basic sârba step, found in many parts of Romania, with the addition of a simple stamping variation.
MUSIC:	Woodlands (45rpm) W-6804
FORMATION:	Closed cir of mixed M and W with hands grasping neighbors' near shldrs in "T" pos.
METER/RHYTHM:	2/4
STEPS/STYLE:	When the leg is raised in front of the supporting leg, it starts fwd with extended knee and toe to about a 45-degree angle, and then the knee is bent without raising the ft any farther. The swd steps are danced with a straight-legged action, although the ankles are very flexible.
MEAS	MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION
	INTRODUCTION
	None.
I.	SÂRBA
1	Step R swd (ct 1); raise extended L leg in front of R (ct &); step L swd (ct 2); raise extended R leg in front of L (ct &);
2	Step R swd (ct 1); step L across in back of R (ct &).
	Step R swd (ct 2); raise extended L leg in front of R (ct &);
3	Step L swd (ct 2); raise extended R leg in front of L (ct &);
	Step R swd (ct 1); step L across in back of R (ct &).
4-15	Repeat action of meas 1-3 four more times
16	Repeat action of meas 1.
II.	BĂTAIE
1	Step R swd (ct 1); step L across in back of R (ct &);
	step R swd (ct 2); stamp L next to R without wt (ct &);
2	Repeat action of meas 1 to L with opp ftwk;
3	Repeat action of meas 1;
4	Step L swd (ct 1); stamp R next to L without wt (ct &); stamp R next to L without wt (ct 2); pause (ct &).
5-8	Repeat action of meas 1-4 one more time.
	Repeat entire dance from beg.
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