The Farandole is an open-chain community dance popular in Provence. It bears similarities to the gavotte, jig, and tarantella. The carmagnole of the French Revolution is a derivative. No satisfactory derivation has been given of the name. Diez (Etymologisches Wörterbuch der Romanischen Sprachen) connects it with the Spanish farándula, indicating a company of strolling players, […]