Călușari

Călușari - [Călușarifo] (Romania kasa mu: Călușarii, Romania mbrɛ wosi bɔ no: [kəluˈʃarʲ]; Bulgaria kasa mu: Калушари anaa Русалии; Makedonia kasa mu: Русалии, adze kor: Călușar) yɛ enuayɛ nsumaamu fɛkuw bi a wɔyɛ amandze bi a wɔyɛ asaw a wɔfrɛ no căluș. Ahyɛase no nna ɔyɛ Romania dze, na ekyir adzeyɛ no trɛɛw kɔr Bulgaria na Macedonia Etsifi afa mu. Efi Easter ekyi adapɛn ebiasa kesi Pentekoste (Pentecost) a wɔfrɛ no Rusalii wɔ Romania kasa mu no, bɛyɛ adapɛn ebien na woetu kwan akɔ hɔn apaamu ahorow nyinara a na wɔbɛsaw, a sankubɔfo kakraa bi ka hɔn ho.Eliade (1975), p. 162.

 Abakɔsɛm 
Wonnyim Călușarifo n'ahyɛase, ɔwɔ mu dɛ adanse a odzi kan a wɔkyerɛwee no fi afeha a ɔtɔ do duesuon (17) ndwom nkyerɛwdze a Ioan Căianu kyerɛwee no mu dze.

Romania nyamesom ho abakɔsɛm kyerɛwfo Mircea Eliade kaa dɛ "Ɔwɔ mu dɛ wodzi nsew wɔ Onyankopɔn dzin mu dze, naaso anansesɛm-amandze tsebea a calusari no hyehyɛɛ no nye Kristosom nnyi biribiara yɛ" na, annyɛ yie koraa no, wɔ afeha a ɔtɔ do duakron (19) mu no, nna asɔfo wɔ hɔ ɔsɔretsia a wɔdze tsia kuw no, a woeyi emufo efi edzidzi mu mfe ebiasa wɔ mbea bi.

 Asɛmfua n'ahyɛase 
Mircea Eliade gyee dzii dɛ asɛmfua Călușari fi Romania asɛmfua a ɔkyerɛ pɔnkɔ, cal, a efi Latin kasa mu caballus mu.Eliade (1973), p. 115-122.

 Nkyerɛkyerɛmu 
link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Doi_c%C4%83lu%C8%99ari_ca_20140112_015.jpg|thumb|Călușarifo ebien (2), Costică Acsinte na otwa mfonyin no, c. 1930 - 1940 (Two Călușari, photographed by Costică Acsinte, c. 1930 - 1940) 
Mbrɛ wɔtaa yɛ amambra kwan do no, Călușari kuw no yɛ nsumaamu kuw a mbanyin nkotsee na wɔwɔ mu a ɔnye ahohur ber mu amandze bi wɔ ebusuabɔ, ebia mbusuakuw mu akofo ekuw nkaa. Kuw no kandzifo (a mpɛn pii no ɔyɛ aberantsɛ panyin) fa ekyidzifo dodow bi, a wɔyɛ mberantsɛ ber nyinara, mpanyimfo a wonnyi ahokafo a wɔpaw hɔn osian nyimpadua mu ahoɔdzen ntsi.

 Căluș asaw 
Căluș yɛ mbanyin kuw asaw, ɔwɔ mu dɛ atsetsesɛm ahorow a efi Oltenia mantɔw mu a nna nkataasia fi kor (1) kesi ebien (2) ka ho kyerɛwtohɔ ahorow wɔ hɔ dze, nanso mprempren nye ber etwam. Na kuw no bɛpaw "ayefor" efi ekuraase biara a wɔbɛfa mu, a egyina n'asaw ho nyimdze do. Na "ayefor" no bɛka nsew dɛ ɔbɛka amandze kwan do asaw no ho, mfe ebaasa a ɔtoatoa do.

Ndzɛmba a odzidzi do yi ka asaw no ho:Mellish & Green (2020a).

 Mfonyin a wɔdze hyɛase a ɔkyerɛ dɛ obi nantew (plimbări), anaa anamɔn tsitsir bi, wɔ hankra a ɔkɔ baabi a ɔnye dɔn no bɔ ebira mu.

 Akontaabu a ɔyɛ dzen kɛse (mișcare) a wɔyɛɛ wɔ baabi a ɔwɔ anamɔn a wɔdze nantsew ntsam.

 Wɔdze ndzɛmba a wɔaka abom na ɛyɛ mfonyin ahorow, mpɛn pii no ɔwɔ ahyɛase-finimfin-ewie nhyehyɛɛ (a beginning-middle-end structure).

 Asaw ahorow a edzi nsɛ 
Wohu mbanyin kuw asaw afofor a efi amandze kwan do asaw mu wɔ Carpathians na Transylvania.[7] Carpathian ahorow tse dɛ Trilișești nye Țânțăroiul a ofi Moldavia na Bărbătescul nye De sărit a ofi Maramureș no ka ndzɛmba etsitsir nkotsee ho ber a De bâtă, Haidău, na Fecioreasca a ɔwɔ Transylvania no bɛn Călușari yie a wɔdze ekyir nkɔdo a ɔyɛ dzen kɛse aka ho.Mellish & Green (2018).

 Hwɛ iyi nso 

 Ebunebun dapɛn (Green week)
 Apɛdze pɔnkɔ (Hobby horse)
 Akodze asaw (Weapon dance)
 Sântoaderi

 Mboaedze 

 External links 

 The history of sacred dances: Choros, Hora, Calusul and Morris dance
 Vancouver Morris Men's account of dancing with Canada's Regina Călușari in 1997
 The Romanian Călușari
 Proclamation of the Oral and Intagible Heritage of Humanity: The Calus Tradition
 Călușari dance history and background from the Dunav website