Calushari (Romania)
Choreographer: Theodor Vasilescu
This dance reproduces magical dance rituals executed at Whitsun to ward off the wrath of evil geniuses, deemed responsible for summer solstice atmospheric perturbations; to bless homes and livestock, to heal the sick and generally reassure frightened peasants.
Those evil geniuses: maidens riding among the clouds, are called Roussalka by Slavs and Romanians ; Walkyries by Germans and Fairies by the Celts.