Oltului is a type of

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

n folk song, or

Doina The doina () is a Romanians, Romanian musical tune style, possibly with Middle Eastern roots, customary in Romanian peasant music, as well as in lăutărească music. It was also adopted into klezmer music. Similar tunes are found throughout Eas ...

, sung near the area of the River Olt. Oltului were performed by professional ensembles as part of state-sponsored cultural management efforts during the period of Communist control of Romania.Paul Nixon, "Hora Lunga", ''New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians''.

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