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kolo|ˈkəʊləʊ| [Serbo-Croatian, = wheel.] A Yugoslav dance performed in a circle.
1911E. L. Urlin Dancing Anc. & Mod. iii. 45 The Kollo Dance (or Kolo) is seen depicted on very ancient tombs of the Bogomiles in Dalmatia, archaic in type; it must therefore have been of ancient religious origin. 1941‘R. West’ Black Lamb I. 398 They had our men and women brought in to dance the kolo to them. 1952L. & D. Janković Dances Yugoslavia 21 The kolo usually has many phases and very often works up from a gentle swaying motion to more animated movement, which dies down to a moderate level according to the directions of the musician and the leader. 1963Daily Mail 24 Aug. 2/2 A frolicking Mr. Kruschev... With his holiday host, President Tito, he joined the girls in the kolo, a popular dance performed in a circle to the accompaniment of singing. 1969Daily Tel. 5 Nov. 13/6 The dancers launched themselves on an old Bosnian dance, a silent kolo from Glamotch. |