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 | | Taraf de Haidouks, whose name translates as "band of brigands," are a village band of Gypsy lautari (traditional musicians), who come from a small Rumanian town called Clejani. |
 | | They live music for music, and are present in all the events of the social life of the town: baptisms, weddings, etc. These musicians, when choosing their name, wanted to pay a tribute to the Haidouks, legendary Robin-Hood style bandits, who were heroes in the medieval ballads, (Taraf simply means Orchestra). |
 | | Taraf de Haidouks also appeared in a major Hollywood motion picture with Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Harry Dean Stanton and John Turturro in the film "The man who cried "by English director Sally Potter. |
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