Sarmatian (or Scythian) soldiers in the 1st century AD

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The attack from the leap you can see in that dance is known as "salmon leap", and it is a style known as a characteristic of the warrior women in that area. Another dance that looks somehow similar and it is very old is the "Calusari" in Southern Romania but the "fight" is with sticks and without shields. The "modern" version of the folkloric dance doesn't have a lot of fight , but the original version was much more aggresive. Only men are doing that dance and they are bound by an oath when they form a calusari group. Calusari is an old word meaning horsemen or mounted warriors. Scythians and later Alans, Cumans and Pechenegs are known to have lived there together with the Thraco-Dacians and later Walachians during the migration period.
And another thing, the calusari are wearing a costume that looks familiar to the roman reenactors, you will see why.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BkyAhYFprI