horan.
/ˈhɔːrə/ A Romanian and Israeli round-dance; the music or song to which it is performed.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > round dance > [noun] > specific
rayc1450
Sellenger's round1567
miller's round1579
roundelay1589
cushion-dance1607
prinkum-prankuma1635
roundabout1766
pillow dance1811
batuque1820
walkround1861
hora1878
kissing dance1899
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garba1920
raas garba1935
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > folk or country dance > round dance
round1600
walkround1861
hora1878
1878 J. W. Ozanne Three Years in Roumania xii. 157 The hora, the Roumanian dance par excellence.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 849 The popular songs of Rumania, the ‘doine’, the ‘hora’, [etc.].
1923 Chambers's Jrnl. 20 Oct. 745/1 The favourite amusement of the Roumanian peasant is his dance, especially the traditional ‘hora’ danced in a circle.
1925 Countries of World V. 3431/2 Laughing girls..ready to dance the ‘hora’ with the men [in Rumania].
1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night viii. 61 [They] had formed the first ring of the horra, the stamping and swaying round-dance, a savage ring-polka.
1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night viii. 352 They were singing one of the popular horras, a folk-song with a passionate, almost hysterical tune.
1960 A. Wesker I'm talking about Jerusalem (1961) iii. ii. 49 Let's do an Israeli dance..(Starts doing a Zanny Hora on his own).
1967 Guardian 15 July 6/2 Can you think of any other Army where officers and enlisted men would dance the hora together?
1967 Observer 8 Jan. 23/4 Catchy, minor-key hora strummings.
1969 New Yorker 6 Sept. 117/1 There is a scholarly argument over whether the Rumanian hora predates the Hebrew hora or vice versa. A diplomatic Rumanian-style answer is that both are of Mediterranean origin, the hora having been brought to Rumania by the Roman legions.
1971 Observer 17 Jan. 21/7 You were building, building, building. And on Friday nights I [sc. Mrs. Golda Meir] danced the Horah into the night.
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