Kolo (dance)

Kolo (Serbian Cyrillic: "Коло" , Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian Latin: "Kolo") is a collective folk dance, danced by Serbs, Bosniaks and Croats equally, where a group of people (usually several dozen, at the very least three) holding each other by the hands or around the waist dance, ideally in a circle, hence the name. There is almost no movement above the waist. The basic steps are easy to learn, but experienced dancers dance kolo with great virtuosity due to different ornamental elements they add, such as syncopated steps. Each region has at least one unique kolo; it is difficult to master and even most experienced dancers cannot master all of them.

The dance is accompanied by instrumental two-beat music with the same name, made most often with an accordion, but also with other instruments: frula (traditional kind of a recorder), tamburica, sargija, or harmonica. This dance is probably an influence from the Celtic tribes who settles in the Balkans a couple centuries B.C.

Bosnia

The kolo is danced mostly by the Serbs and Bosniaks (Sevdah) and also by Croatians.

Croatia

The dance can be found in parts of Slavonia and places inhabited by Serbs.

External links

* [http://www.dunav.org.il/dances/serbia/kolo.html Music and video of the basic Kolo]