Kolo (Serbian: Коло) is a South Slavic circle dance, found under this name in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia. It is inscribed on the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage for Serbia.[1]
| Kolo | |
|---|---|
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| Country | Serbia |
| Reference | 01270 |
| Region | Europe and North America |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2017 (12th session) |
| List | Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity |
Description
editThe circle dance is usually performed amongst groups of at least three people and up to several dozen people. Dancers hold each other's hands or each other's waists. They form a circle, a single chain or multiple parallel lines.[2][3]
Kolo requires almost no movement above the waist. The basic steps are easy to learn. Experienced dancers demonstrate virtuosity by adding different ornamental elements, such as syncopated steps. Each region has at least one unique kolo.[2][3] It is difficult to master the dance and even most experienced dancers cannot master all of them.[3]
Kolo is performed at weddings, social, cultural, and religious ceremonies.[4] Some dances require both men and women to dance together, others require only the men or only the women.
Music
editThe music is generally fast-paced.[4] The dance was used by Antonín Dvořák in his Slavonic Dances – the Serbian kolo is the seventh dance from opus 72.[5]
Traditional dance costume
editTraditional dance costumes vary from region to region. Bordering regions are mostly more similar to each other.[6]
Various kolos are performed at social ceremonies. Often traditional clothing, which is unique to a region, is worn. The most common kolo is the narodno kolo or drmeš; a standard step followed by accordion music.
Other South Slavic circle dances
editElsewhere in South Slavic countries, there is horo (Bulgarian: хоро) in Bulgaria and oro (Macedonian: оро) in North Macedonia and Montenegro.[4]
See also
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- Armenian dance
- Assyrian folk dance
- Croatian dances
- Dabke
- Faroese dance
- Greek dances
- Hora (dance), an equivalent of the kolo
- Khorovod, an Eastern European circle dance
- Kurdish dance
- Serbian dances
- Turkish dance
References
edit- ^ "Kolo, Traditional Dance in Serbia". unesco.org.
- ^ a b "UNESCO - Kolo, traditional folk dance". ich.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ a b c "Kolo". www.crkvenikalendar.com.
- ^ a b c "kolo" (2009). Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
- ^ "Slavonic Dance, Op. 72, No. 7 (Antonín Dvořák)". LA Phil. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Ethnic Heritage - National Cotumes". www.serbia.com. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
External links
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