Barynya

Barynya is a fast Russian folk dance and music. The origins of the Barynya dance ds and frenetic dancing. Originally the dancing was without special choreography. The main characteristics of the Barynya danceare traditional elements of Russian folk dance like Russian squatting, rotations, jumps and sprited stomping. The main instruments of Baryna are Balalaika and Garmon. 

The Barynya chastuskas used to have the refrain, kind of "Барыня, барыня, сударыня-барыня", "Barynya, barynya, sudarynya-barynya", or "Барыня ты моя, сударыня ты моя". The content was often humoristic, even lewd.

There are a number of scenic, more refined versions of the dance.

A number of Russian folkloric danc

References

External links 
Video of the Russian Traditional Dance Barynya from the website of ensemble Barynya
mp3 sample: Click on the small icon to the left of "Barynya Music by P.Chesnokov"

Category:Russian folk dances
Category:Syllabus-free dance
Category:Partial squatting position