khorovod

Also known as Horovod

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

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Subclass of: circle dance
Country: Ukraine
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Commons category: Horovod
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Etymology
Origin and characteristics
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thumb|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.

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