[electromedieval] DANCING PLAGUE
Channel: 𝖆𝖑𝖔𝖚𝖙𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖔𝖚
Date: 2022-09-24

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Remix of a baroque french song from the XVIIth century called "Bransle de Village".

In July 1518, residents of the city of Strasbourg (then part of the Holy Roman Empire) were struck by a sudden and seemingly uncontrollable urge to dance. The hysteria kicked off when a woman known as Frau Troffea stepped into the street and began to silently twist, twirl and shake. She kept up her solo dance-a-thon for nearly a week, and before long, some three-dozen other Strasbourgeois had joined in. By August, the dancing epidemic had claimed as many as 400 victims.