A formation of musicians playing popular music is known as a taraf, with professional musicians known as lăutari. Such groups have been playing for dancing in Romania for at least some hundreds of years.
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- Taraf – Voivodeni, Transylvania
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- Taraf – Topa, Transylvania
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- Retiș village band, Transylvania
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- Taraf de soporul, Transylvania
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- Taraf from Prahova, Muntenia
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- Taraf – Miheșu, Transylvania
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- Taraf de Târgu Cărbunești
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- Cobza – Republic of Moldova
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- Taragotists – Mărișel, Apuseni mountains
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- Timișești fanfare – Moldavia