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unusual facts about sardana


Ricard Lamote de Grignon

Sardanes for Cobla: Amical, Camí de Llum, Nupcial, El Noguer, El Mas, Sant Telm and Enyor.


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Fum, Fum, Fum

One source, the Musical Heritage Society insert 3428 (Christmas Songs From Around the World), indicates that "fum, fum, fum" is an onomatopoeia imitating the noise of a rocking cradle, and that the rhythms come from the Sardana, a courtly dance which originated in Catalonia and the Provence.

Museum of Musical Instruments, Céret

On September 28, 1983, the town of Céret and the IMPEM signed an agreement to restore the former Saint-Peter hospital for future use by the sardana societies.

The history of the museum starts with the local sardana societies: the Foment de la sardane from Céret, leaded by Roger Raynal and Joseph Burch, the Fédération sardaniste du Roussillon (FSR), a collective of sardana societies from Pyrénées-Orientales founded in 1976, and the Institut de musique populaire et méditerranéenne (Popular and mediterranean music institute, IMPEM), as well created by Roger Raynal and acting beyond the borders of the department.

Sharat Sardana

Sardana was the writer of the BAFTA-nominated short film, Inferno (2001), starring Sanjeev Bhaskar.


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