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Arcan (dance)
The Arcan is the name of a custom, and of the associated popular dance and melody, of Romania. It is sometimes also called ''laţ'' or ''pripon'', meaning "lasso"/"tether" or "aiguillette". There is a version called ''Arcanul bătrânesc'', which is a slow ''arcan'' danced in the Moldavian region of Romania. ''Bătrân'' means both "ancient or "old" and it is commonly used as an attribute of dances from all over Romania.
==Ritual==
The dance, performed by amateurs, professional ensembles, as well as other performers of folk dances, is traditionally performed by men, and takes place around a burning bonfire. The word ''arcan'' also refers to the step that the men perform while dancing around the fire: the right foot steps to the side (or double stamps as the dance builds momentum), the left foot crosses behind, the right foot steps to the side again, and the left foot is hopped in front of the dancer with a bent knee; the dance is performed with the men's arms upon one another's shoulders, and is part of the larger group of circle dances called ''hora''.
The "custom" label is given to the ''arcan'' by the fact that it has a rite of passage character: like the ''căluşari'', it is to be danced only by boys old enough to marry (dressed in traditional Romanian costumes). Taking part in the dance is sometimes also called ''"a lua cu forţa"'' ("to forcefully summon" or "to grab"), or ''a arcăni'' ("to lasso") - it has an etymological parallel in the favored method of conscription in the defense forces of Early Modern Wallachia and Moldavia, ''a lua cu arcanul'' ("to lasso with the arkan"), whereby boys were selectively kiddnapped by the authorities. The reason for this apparent "violent" character of the dance is its initiating value, of entering into the next step of the social pyramid, by which boys become marriageable young men. It refers to the strategy adopted by the "established" men, led by an authority figure, forcibly (with a ritualistic force) taking the boys (at that time still considered children) to the ''hora'', and dancing this particular variation of the ''hora''.
The ''arcan'' ritual dance was a necessary condition for a young men to be allowed to participate later on in a ''căluşari'' ritual dance. All of these requirements and means of organising the groups of young men are related to the so-called ''Lex Antiqua Valachorum'' (the ancient Vlach law).
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