Mezőség

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Mezőség or Câmpia Transilvaniei is an ethnogeographical area in Transylvania, Romania, located between the Someş River and the Mureş River. The term is also used to reference a form of dance performed by the ethnic Hungarian inhabitants of the region. This improvisational couple dance, known as the mezőségi (meaning "from Mezőség" in Hungarian) has two parts: lassu (slow) and friss (fast). Different villages within Mezőség have their own variations of the dance. Mezőségi is the most popular dance done at Táncház.

The Mezőség can be divided into two parts: a hilly one in the North-East and a plain one in South and West.

Some important villages of Câmpia Transilvaniei are Sic (a former salt-mining town), Mociu, Jucu, Band, Suatu and Unguraş.

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• Map of Romania showing Mezőség's location
• Images of the Mezőség dance