Mazur (Dance)

Mazur is a traditional Polish folk dance from Masovia in vivid tempo and triple metres of 3/4 or 3/8.

Characterised by its tendency to accent the second or third beat and a rhythmic figure of a 4-syllable group, consisting of two quavers (eighth notes) and two crotchets (quarter notes). It is a joyful, dynamic dance, oftentimes danced at szlachta's courts. The man leading the mazur is a wodzirej.

Mazur's popularity among European ballrooms' dances rose in the 19th century.