The Marius-Barbeau Documentation Center is happy to be partners with The Canadian Museum of Civilisation in its project « Marius Barbeau, a Canadian hero and his period 1883-1969 ».
We wish to acknowledge the financial support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through Canadian Culture Online.
On that site, Heritage Canada displays a sampling from a wealth of documents relating the history of the two dance companies.
…et, au rythme des pas et des médailles, qui garnissaient le costume féminin, ils exécutaient leurs danses.
To escape the conqueror’s wrath, villagers would take refuge in the mountains...
Pour ne pas attirer la fureur des conquérants, les gens se retiraient dans les montagnes…
This dance come to us from Glamoç, a village in Bosnia-Herzegovina. During the Turkish occupation, the Ottoman authorities forbade dancing.
Originaire de Glamoç, petit village de Bosnie-Herzégovine, cette danse particulière remonte au temps de l’occupation turque pendant laquelle les autorités ottomanes interdisaient aux villageois de danser.
Glamoç Suite (Bosnia-Herzegovina) Chorographers: Ciga Despotovitch (Amsterdam), Zeljko Jergan
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