Definition The Romanian dictionary describes manele as: “A love song of oriental origin, with a tender and drawn-out melody.” While Wikipedia describes it as: “a genre of pop folk music from Romania“. The manele can be divided into “classical manele” and “modern manele”. The “classical manele” are a Turkish-derived genre performed by Romani musicians called lăutari in a lăutărească manner,[1] while the “modern manele” … Continue reading What are Manele?