Monferrina

Monferrina is a lively Italian folk dance in 6

8 time named after the place of its origin, Montferrat, in the Italian region of Piedmont. It has spread from Piedmont throughout Northern Italy, in Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and even into Switzerland. It also became popular in late 18th-century England as a country dance, under the names monfrina, monfreda, and manfredina, being included in Wheatstone's Country Dances for 1810. In Piedmont, it is usually accompanied by singing and it is danced by several couples.

The dance goes under several different names: monferrina di Friuli, monfrénna bulgnaisa, monfrénna mudnaisa, giardiniera (or jardinière) and baragazzina.