THE KOLO or SERBIAN ORO

Steven Wagner - Stevan Vagner, Podrum COLLEGIUM MELODIUM and * SVITANJE * / Milena, Djuka and Friends /, present ,THE KOLO or SERBIAN ORO - Kolo or Oro (Croatian: Kolo;Serbian: Коло, Kolo Belarusian: Кола, Kola, Macedonian: Оро, Oro, Slovene: kolo) is a collective folk dance common in various South Slavic regions, named after the circle formed by the dancers. The Kolo, or Oro, is danced primarily by people from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Bela krajina region of Slovenia. It is performed amongst groups of people (usually several dozen, at the very least three) holding each other's having their hands around each other's waists (ideally in a circle, hence the name). There is almost no movement above the waist. The basic steps are easy to learn, but experienced dancers dance kolo with great virtuosity due to different ornamental elements they add, such as syncopated steps. Each region has at least one unique kolo; it is difficult to master the dance and even most experienced dancers cannot master all of them.
The dance is accompanied by traditional instrumental music (bearing the same name), performed most often with an accordion, but also with other instruments: frula (traditional