Khorovod

For the machine learning framework, see Horovod (machine learning).

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

The khorovod or horovod (Russian: хоровод, Ukrainian: хоровод, корогод, Polish: korowód) is the Slavic name for a folk dance combining circle dance and chorus singing, similar to the choreia of ancient Greece.

Etymology

The term khorovod likely descends from the Greek Choreia (Ancient Greek: χορεία); Rus' culture was heavily influenced by Greek culture. Khorovod is related to choreia ( a Greek circle dance), kolo (a South Slavic circle dance originating in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia), hora (Balkans), and kochari (Armenian and Azerbaijani folk dance).

Origin and characteristics

The participants of the dance hold the hand or the little finger of their dance partners while dancing in a circle.

See also

• Hora (dance)
• Kolo (dance)
• Bulgarian dances