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Recruitment dance in the tent camp

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TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor
DATE: 1850
DATE DETAILS: approx.
DIMENSIONS: 21 x 31 cm
COMMENTS: The Verbunkos (recruitment) dances are connected with the organization of a standing army for the Habsburg dynasty, that started in 1715. Their first description dates from 1779. The officers used wom
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Hungary
DANCE FORM: popular

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