The tradition
Choreia (Ancient Greek: χορεία, romanized: choreía) is a circle dance accompanied by singing (see Greek chorus, choros), in ancient Greece. Homer refers to this dance in his epic poem, the Iliad. Terms descended from Greek choreia that are used for circle dances in a number of other countries are:¶
horon, in Turkey khorovod (хоровод), in Russia khora (хора), in Ukraine hora, in Romania and Moldova horo (хоро), in Bulgaria oro (оро), in North Macedonia and Montenegro¶
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Choreia”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.¶
Choreia is dance, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition.1¶
The source record links this tradition to 2 external registers, which can be verified through the citation.1¶
What it mixes with
Artists and institutions
Sources
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| Wikidata: Choreia (Q374364) | database | Wikidata |
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