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Circle dance. Circle dance, or chain dance, is a style of social dance done in a circle, semicircle or a curved line to musical accompaniment, such as rhythm instruments and singing, and is a type of dance where anyone can join in without the need of partners. Unlike line dancing, circle dancers are in physical contact with each other; the ...
Croatian dance traditionally refers to a category of folk-dances, the most common being the kolo. Croatian dance varies by region, and can be found in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia. The traditional kolo is a circle dance, a relatively simple dance common throughout other Slavic countries in ...
Look up khorovod in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The khorovod or horovod[a] is an East Slavic and pagan art form and one of the oldest dances of Russia with its more than 1,000 years history. [1] It is a combination of a circle dance and chorus singing, similar to the choreia of ancient Greece. The dance was also known in Russia as karagod ...
The Faroese chain dance (Faroese: Føroyskur dansur, Danish: Kædedans) is the national circle dance of the Faroe Islands, accompanied by kvæði, the Faroese ballads. [1] The dance is a typical Medieval dance medieval ring dance. The dance is danced traditionally in a circle, but when there are many dancers, they usually let it swing around in ...
A traditional oro playing in North Macedonia. Hora, also known as horo and oro, is a type of circle dance originating in Romania and Bulgaria.Other types of circle dances called with similar names are found in other South East European countries (such as Moldova and North Macedonia) and culturally adopted by ethnic minorities such as the Ashkenazi Jews [1] (Yiddish: האָרע hore), Sephardic ...
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Description. Nijemo kolo is performed by a group forming a closed circle with the men leading their female partners in quick steps, which are often vigorous and daunting. [2] The most noticeable aspect of the dance is that it performed entirely without music. Today, Nijemo kolo continues to be performed by local village groups and can be seen ...
Cachua. Cachua (qachwa, qhaswa, kashua, kaswa, kachura) (ˈqɑt͡ʃwa or ˈχɑt͡ʃwa, diminutive form cachuita) is a term from Quechua language qhachwa, meaning "round dance," that is the Spanish name for a Latin-American baroque dance form found mainly in Peru. It still exists today as a circle dance. [1] The term was also applied to some ...