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Choreia

Ancient Greek circle dance accompanied by singing.

About Choreia

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

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