Hora (dance)

Hora, also known as horo and oro, is a type of circle dance originating in the Balkans but also found in other countries.

The name (spelled differently in different countries) is cognate to the Greek χορός: "dance" which is cognate with the ancient Greek art form of χορεία; see Choreia. The original meaning of the Greek word χορός may have been "circle". The course of the seasons was also symbolically described as the dance of the Greco-Roman Horae, and they were accordingly given the attributes of spring flowers, fragrance and graceful freshness.

Also, the word is present in Slavic languages and hora and oro are found in many Slavic languages and have the meaning of "round (dance)" and the verb oriti means "to speak, sound, sing" which previously meant "to celebrate".

The Greek χορός is cognate with Pontic khoron, Bulgarian хоро horo, Romanian horă, kolo in the languages of the former Yugoslavia, Macedonian and Montenegrin oro, the Turkish form hora, valle in Albania, and in Hebrew הורה (hora). The Khorumi dance of Georgia also might be connected to the Horon dance in the neighbouring Turkish regions, as it rose out of the Adjara region, where Kartvelian Laz people co-existed for centuries with Greek Pontians.

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