Khorovod

Andrei Ryabushkin. A young man breaking into a girls' khorovod, a 1902 painting

The khorovod or horovod (Russian: хорово́д, IPA: [xərɐˈvot], Ukrainian: хоровод, romanizedkhorovod or коло, kolo, Belarusian: карагод [karaˈɣot], Polish: korowód) 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, tanok and krug.

  1. ^ RBTH, Daria Krylova (2017-01-05). "8 facts about the khorovod, Russia's oldest dance". www.rbth.com. Retrieved 2019-05-21.